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RE: France proposes key escrow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew James Gering)
Mon Oct 20 18:01:18 1997
From: Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net>
To: "'cryptography@c2.net'" <cryptography@c2.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 14:50:50 -0700
US businesses hailed the French move as a victory in the on-going
Information War between US and French companies. French government
organizations have long been suspected of using covert military
technology to spy on US hi-tech companies. "Now we can use our
counter-intelligence network to turn the tide on the French," stated a
Commerce Department official, who called the event the most important
post-cold-war victory since Desert Storm. A Fortune 500 executive who
would not be named compared his euphoria to a 'child in Willy Wonka's
chocolate factory.' The Central Intelligence Agency denied any
involvement.
</satire>
Matt
mgering@ecosystems.net
> ----------
>
> WSJ: French Proposal On Encryption Irks Businesses And EC
> ...
> The new rules, submitted to the European Commission on Thursday,
> allow
> businesses operating in France to encode their corporate secrets but
> require that keys to unlock the code be given to a French
> government-approved entity in which the majority of the capital or
> votes is retained by French nationals.
> ...
>
