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Re: (Fwd) New crypto bill clears committee
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent Crispin)
Sat Jun 21 15:44:34 1997
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 09:03:49 -0700
From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
On Fri, Jun 20, 1997 at 10:49:57AM -0700, Alan wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 1997 geeman@best.com wrote:
>
> > you'd better be able to show a bad-for-business case.
>
> There is a real big "bad for business" case. What happens when someone
> walks off with the key database? (This is not a question of if, only a
> question of when.) What kind of competitive boost would that kind of
> information give the French, Japanese, Isreali, or other government
> sponsored business? And how do you prove it?
You have to distinguish between GAK and CACK (Corporate Access to
Corporate Keys). Many people believe there is a good case for the
latter, but not the former. In fact, the "11 cryptographers" paper
says this.
--
Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited",
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