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Good crypto policy quote
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Gutmann)
Thu Dec 3 19:33:56 1998
From: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann)
To: cryptography@c2.net
Reply-To: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 12:38:52 (NZDT)
This is probably the best one-sentence summary of export controls I've seen.
It predates the recent Wassenaar announcement by about half a day, but is even
more appropriate in the aftermath:
"The real aim of current policy is to ensure the continued effectiveness of US
information warfare assets against individuals, businesses and governments in
Europe and elsewhere" -- Ross Anderson, <Ross.Anderson@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Peter.
