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Strong cryptography distribution in the USA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Paul Johnson)
Thu Sep 17 13:41:22 1998
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:31:17 -0600
To: Ernest Hua <Hua@teralogic-inc.com>, "'Matt Blaze'" <mab@crypto.com>,
Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
From: Michael Paul Johnson <mpj@ebible.org>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <60501D615F2FD211A5AF00A0C924A6D5012A9F@mvs2.teralogic-inc.
com>
At 05:54 PM 9/16/98 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote:
...
> That is why I have argued that we, as cypherpunks (as we call
>ourselves), should code and establish some legal-harassment-proof method of
>distributing strong cryptography domestically. This has GOT to be so easy
>that joe user without so much as a clue can click and get strong crypto
>installed, hassle-free (or be denied if the "system" determines
>ineligibility).
...
We have something close at http://cryptography.org, but there is still room
for improvement. Strong crypto has to be in mainstream apps like word
processors to be used widely.
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Michael Paul Johnson
http://ebible.org
