[Cryptography] NSA voting on TLS encryption at the IETF TLS WG

[Andrew Lee]

Dear Mr. Tso,

I appreciate your passionate response and your contributions to the movement.

> On Jul 2, 2026, at 8:54 PM, Theodore Tso <tytso at mit.edu> wrote:
> 

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> 
> Whether any companies will implement this is probably more due to it
> being something which might be required by some federal procurement
> contracts and FIPS requirements, and not anything to do with the IETF.
> Of course, what the federal government mandates doesn't necessarily
> mean that the non-goverment world will accept it, with Exhibit one
> being the Clipper Chip….

The Clipper chip failed because the very people that are right here, and others, fought it.

It was a great win for the Cypherpunks.

Best,
Andrew