https://community.isc2.org/t5/Tech-Talk/Cool-Crypto-History/m-p/45148#M3222 <P><SPAN>Neat!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>NSA just released a (redacted) declassified 1997 history of the development of DES, responding to a 2009 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>from John a. Young at Crytpome <A href="http://cryptome.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://cryptome.org</A>.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Fascinating reading!</SPAN><BR /><A href="https://cryptome.org/2021/04/Joseph-Meyer-IEEE-1977.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>https://cryptome.org/2021/04/Joseph-Meyer-IEEE-1977.pdf</SPAN></A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It points out that DES was the very first time NSA worked with anyone else (National Bureau of Standard, NBS, the former name of NIST) on crypto</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>development. It also includes discussion of the controversy over possible backdoors in DES.&nbsp;Further discussion goes into teh public&nbsp;development of public key crypto by&nbsp;Ron RIvest, and even mentions a paper co-authored by "graduate student Whit Diffield."</SPAN><BR /><BR /></P><P><SPAN>Meat of the report is about whether ITAR could be used to control release of&nbsp;crypto information.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Important read for those in the world of&nbsp;</SPAN>Crypto. Quite interesting for all of us in infosec.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><DIV>Craig&nbsp;</DIV> Mon, 03 May 2021 15:02:35 GMT CraginS 2021-05-03T15:02:35Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Tech-Talk/Cool-Crypto-History/m-p/45148#M3222 <P><SPAN>Neat!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>NSA just released a (redacted) declassified 1997 history of the development of DES, responding to a 2009 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>from John a. Young at Crytpome <A href="http://cryptome.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://cryptome.org</A>.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Fascinating reading!</SPAN><BR /><A href="https://cryptome.org/2021/04/Joseph-Meyer-IEEE-1977.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN>https://cryptome.org/2021/04/Joseph-Meyer-IEEE-1977.pdf</SPAN></A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It points out that DES was the very first time NSA worked with anyone else (National Bureau of Standard, NBS, the former name of NIST) on crypto</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>development. It also includes discussion of the controversy over possible backdoors in DES.&nbsp;Further discussion goes into teh public&nbsp;development of public key crypto by&nbsp;Ron RIvest, and even mentions a paper co-authored by "graduate student Whit Diffield."</SPAN><BR /><BR /></P><P><SPAN>Meat of the report is about whether ITAR could be used to control release of&nbsp;crypto information.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Important read for those in the world of&nbsp;</SPAN>Crypto. Quite interesting for all of us in infosec.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><DIV>Craig&nbsp;</DIV> Mon, 03 May 2021 15:02:35 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Tech-Talk/Cool-Crypto-History/m-p/45148#M3222 CraginS 2021-05-03T15:02:35Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Tech-Talk/Cool-Crypto-History/m-p/45195#M3223 Looks like https is not working; I could download using plain http. Tue, 04 May 2021 13:40:37 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Tech-Talk/Cool-Crypto-History/m-p/45195#M3223 RobertoBonalumi 2021-05-04T13:40:37Z