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Re: password-cracking by journalists... (long, sorry)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Tue Jan 22 11:02:53 2002
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
Cc: Will Rodger <wrodger@pobox.com>, cryptography@wasabisystems.com
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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:39:40 -0500
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Another point -- the law protects "encryption" research, not =
"cryptographic" research. Watermarking or DRM systems do not appear to =
be covered by the statute's definition of "encryption".
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
Full text of "Firewalls" book now at http://www.wilyhacker.com
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