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Re: AU Cryptozilla Attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kathleen Ellis)
Thu Jul 2 14:44:51 1998
In-Reply-To: <199806280144.VAA04721@camel7.mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:58:01 -0400
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
From: Kathleen Ellis <ellis@epic.org>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
>Thanks to Anonymous we offer the article which
>describes the AU government attack on Eric Young's
>and Tim Hudson's full-strength Cryptozilla for Netscape:
>
> http://jya.com/oz-crypto.htm
The article sez:
"As director of strategic trade policy and operations (STPO) at the
Department of Defence (DoD), Costmeyer is the main man controlling
defence-related exports from Australia, including our Wassenaar
obligations." <snip>
"People who make 128-bit encryption available on the Internet undermine
Australia's reputation as "a responsible country that can control its
citizens", Costmeyer claims. "
Control its citizens? Ouch.
Are they sure STPO isn't short for Gestapo?
