[1560] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Nyah, Nyah, I've Got A Secret
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Mon Sep 22 14:12:17 1997
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970920192608.006c9868@schloss.li>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 23:56:26 -0400
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Cc: Steve Reid <sreid@sea-to-sky.net>, Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>,
cryptography@c2.net
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.
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.
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/
