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Re: Edupage Editors: Edupage, 21 May 1998
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Fri May 22 08:41:02 1998
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:46:21 -0700
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <199805220222.WAA00928@jekyll.piermont.com>
At 22:22 98/05/21 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>"We need to get a new dialogue
>started," says IBM's public policy director. "As long as there is posturing
>by law enforcement on one hand and people advocating total freedom to use
>and export strong encryption on the other, you're going to end up in this
>area of paralysis." (Investor's Business Daily 21 May 98)
The problem is exacerbated by policy directors that fail to understand that
there is no middle ground in the crypto debate. Either third parties can
read your traffic or they can't.
But what is really interesting about this quote is that this is the first
time that a company the size of IBM has basically come out in favor of
restricting domestic use of cryptography. Note the "_to use_ and export"
above. It stands to reason that the new dialog desired would not include
people advocating total freedom to use strong encryption. Just limited
"freedom" to use and export.
--Lucky
"God Money I'll do everything for you. God Money just tell me what you want
me to". Nine Inch Nails.
