PROFESSOR LANCE J. HOFFMAN
                                       
Institute for Computer and Telecommunications Systems Policy

George Washington University

   Presentation to NIS&T Encryption Exort Key Escrow workshop.
   
   This presentation was given Thursday September 7, 1995.
   
   Note from pfarrell: The tables use Netscape 1.1 extensions, and may
   not look correct with other browsers. This presentation was submitted
   as WordPerfect tables. I couldn't make them into HTML, so I reentered
   the data. Any typos are mine.
   
Slide 1, Vice President Gore's Criteria

   This slide shows the criteria contained in Vice President Gore's
   letter to Rep. Maria Cantwell, 20 July 1994. NIS&T Key Escrow Draft
   Software Criteria Number. Strong Crypto OK for Commercial OK for
   National Security 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 This visual is based upon Mike
   Nelson's 6 September 1995 slide.
   
Slide 2, Nothing Magic about Ten Criteria

   We can add or delete criteria to Satisfy the Vice President's
   Requirements. NIS&T Key Escrow Draft Software Criteria Number. Strong
   Crypto OK for Commercial OK for National Security 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
   11 12
   
Slide 3, Seem to Have Got National Security Requirements Right

   NIS&T Key Escrow Draft Software Criteria Number. Strong Crypto OK for
   Commercial OK for National Security 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9
   + 10 + 11 12
   
Slide 4, Only Criteria #1 Addresses Strong Crypto

   NIS&T Key Escrow Draft Software Criteria Number. Strong Crypto OK for
   Commercial OK for National Security 1 + 2 -- + 3 -- + 4 -- + 5 -- + 6
   -- + 7 -- + 8 -- + 9 -- + 10 -- + 11 -- 12 --
   
Slide 5, Only Four of the Draft Criteria Satisfy Commercial Requirements

   NIS&T Key Escrow Draft Software Criteria Number. Strong Crypto OK for
   Commercial OK for National Security 1 + 2 -- + 3 -- + + 4 -- + + 5 --
   + + 6 -- + 7 -- + 8 -- + + 9 -- + 10 -- + 11 -- 12 --
   
Slide 6, Four Criteria Don't Satisfy Commercial Requirements

  I don't know about Two Others
  
   NIS&T Key Escrow Draft Software Criteria Number. Strong Crypto OK for
   Commercial OK for National Security 1 not! not! + 2 -- not! + 3 -- + +
   4 -- + + 5 -- + + 6 -- not! + 7 -- ??? + 8 -- + + 9 -- ??? + 10 --
   not! + 11 -- 12 --
   
Slide 7, Stay Focused

   So up to six criteria have to be tweaked or redone to meet Vice
   President Gore's Goals.
   
   But 23 of the 3 x 10 = 30 matrix cells are OK -- stay focused on the
   remaining seven.
   
   NIS&T Key Escrow Draft Software Criteria Number. Strong Crypto OK for
   Commercial OK for National Security 1 Tweak/Fix Tweak/Fix + 2 --
   Tweak/Fix + 3 -- + + 4 -- + + 5 -- + + 6 -- Tweak/Fix + 7 -- Tweak/Fix
   + 8 -- + + 9 -- Tweak/Fix + 10 -- Tweak/Fix + 23 out of 30 are done.
   STAY FOCUSED!
   
Slide 8, Gore's Characteristics

   Vice President Gore's Characteristics for Key Escrow Agents (source:
   letter to Rep. Maria Cantwell, 20 July 1994)
   
   STAY FOCUSED
   
   Gore Characteristics (possibilities offered at workshop (Below)) No
   Unauthorized Surveillance Key Disclosure only Under Legal
   Authorization Audit Procedures Liability Private Sector Number of
   Escrow Agents. Excluded Organizations Government/Agent Legal agreement
   Liability Criminalization Govt. need for confidentialility tie agent
   approval to public key infrastructure storage/safeguard criteria
   performance criteria Foreign agents approval process and costs STAY
   FOCUSED!
   
Slide 9, Stay Focused on getting an OK in every cell

   What area # Strong Crypto OK for Commercial OK for National Security
   No Unauthorized Surveillance Key Disclosure only Under Legal
   Authorization Audit Procedures Liability Private Sector Number of
   Escrow Agents. C 1 OK R 2OK OK Y 3OK OK OK P 4OK OK OK T 5OK OK OK O
   6OK OK 7OK OK 8OK OK OK 9OK OK 10OK OK A 11 G 12 E 13 N 14 T 15 S 16
   17 18 19 20 STAY FOCUSED!
   
   The presentation presented by Professor Lance J. Hoffman
   Institute for Computer and Telecommunications Systems Policy
   George Washington University
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