It is not realistic to expect that there will be on algorithm or one standard for encryption … We are not going to have one way of doing things … So there may be security agents on the network that facilitate mapping one technique to another, and make the differences invisible to the users.
Predictor: Katzke, Stuart
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Infosecurity News, David Bernstein asks Stuart Katzke, a security expert with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, about the role of encryption on the information superhighway. Katzke replies: ”It is not realistic to expect that there will be on algorithm or one standard for encryption. The government has its own alternative, but we are not going to have one way of doing things. It would be nice if we could come up with standards for interoperability. A good example is the Digital Signature Standard. The government may use that, but they may want to use contractors or suppliers in the private sector that use some other technique. So there may be security agents on the network that facilitate mapping one technique to another, and make the differences invisible to the users.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: Infosecurity News
Title, headline, chapter name: Infohighway Security Viewpoints
Quote Type: Direct quote
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This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Garrison, Betty