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Re: Magaziner hints at easing of Crypto Export Regulations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Enkhyl)
Wed Sep 16 12:39:45 1998
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:22:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Enkhyl <enkhyl@hayseed.net>
To: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <19980916151453.29308.qmail@desk.crynwr.com>
On 16 Sep 1998, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Jim Gillogly writes:
> > >... Ira Magaziner ...said a further loosening of export restriction
> > > could come within the next few weeks, allowing for freer export of
> > > 128-bit software.
> >
> > ... or some such incremental change.
>
> But Jim, compromise typically involves "you give a little, I'll give a
> little." What have we given up? I don't see anybody saying "Okay,
> we'll accept weak cryptography." All the movement is on the
> government's part. This is good.
This is very true about compromise, but the government has a long way to
go before they even come close to something respectable or acceptable in
the crypto community. Much of what the government is doing is dancing
around the subject without actually giving anything substantial (the point
I think Jim was trying to make) to make it appear that the government is
compromising. In fact, I wouldn't really consider what the government is
doing a compromise in any sense of the word.
Just my $0.02.
--
Christopher Nielsen
Scient: The Art and Science of Electronic Business
cnielsen@scient.com
<http://www.scient.com>
