[1554] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Nyah, Nyah, I've Got A Secret
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Mon Sep 22 12:19:47 1997
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 23:11:26 -0500
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Cc: Steve Reid <sreid@sea-to-sky.net>, Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>,
cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <v03007801b04b9a30191b@[204.254.21.1]>
At 11:56 PM 9/21/97 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>At 19:26 -0500 9/20/97, Black Unicorn wrote:
>>What I don't see discussed is the size and impact on industry of key escrow
>>and the key management costs to government. These are what really will get
>>legislators attention.
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>If the government bans the sale of encryption products without a key escrow
>backdoor, the total cost to government and industry may be as low as $200
>million. Certainly not more than one or two billion. That according to the
>Congressional Budget Office in a new study that puts a price tag on the
>mandatory GAK SAFE bill that House Intelligence approved.
My understanding is that the scope of that price is limited to the cost of
implementing export controls and product specifications, not the cost to
industry of implementing the plan, or the cost of government to administer
the management of all the keys, key applications, key change notifications,
key filings...
The security review for a small CA is in the half million dollar range. I
can only imagine what a government facility might run.
>
>More on the CBO study in this week's Time Magazine.
>
>-Declan
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>Declan McCullagh
>Washington Correspondent, The Netly News Network, http://netlynews.com/
>Reporter, Time Magazine, http://time.com/
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