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From: murray@src.dec.com (Hal Murray)
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Subject: Re: How do they know what keys to ask for?  (Re: Clipper)
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Date: 17 Apr 93 17:34:50 GMT
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In article <1993Apr17.031520.13902@clarinet.com>, brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:
|> The actual algorithm is classified, however, their main thrust here is
|> for cellular phones, and encryption is only over the radio end, not
|> end to end, I think.   End to end will come later.

Encrypting just the radio link doesn't make sense to me.  That means the telco
has to do the decryption, and hence they need the keys.  How are they going to be
kept secure?