Cryptographic technology: fifteen year forecast

This paper examines the forces driving public development of cryptography today and projects the course of the field over the next fifteen years with attention to the possible influence of government regulation.This paper was prepared, under contractual arrangements to CRC Systems, in support of the Commerce Department (National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Special Projects Office) response to a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy request that the secretaries of the Departments of Commerce and Defense propose a national policy on cryptography.