[569] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Escrow agencies closed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Fri Apr 18 00:20:19 1997
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:11:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
To: Rick Smith <smith@securecomputing.com>
cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <v01540b09af7c7292d7be@[172.17.1.61]>
On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Rick Smith wrote:
> Someone just told me that the Clipper/Capstone/Fortezza escrow
> organizations were shut down at the Treasury and Commerce, and that they're
> currently stripping the LEAF support out of the Fortezza cards. Evidently
> this happened a couple of months ago.
>
> Has anyone seen an announcement anywhere?
I can confirm that this was being seriously considered some time ago. I
never followed up but will attempt to do so tommorow.
>
> Rick.
> smith@securecomputing.com
>
>
>
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