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Re: Analysis of proposed UK ban on use of non-escrowed crypto.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anil Das)
Tue Apr 1 21:05:38 1997
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 04:04:54 -0800
From: das@razor.engr.sgi.com (Anil Das)
In-Reply-To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
"Re: Analysis of proposed UK ban on use of non-escrowed crypto." (Mar 24, 6:37am)
To: cryptography@c2.net, cypherpunks@algebra.com
Cc: frissell@panix.com
On Mar 24, 6:37am, Duncan Frissell wrote:
> Subject: Re: Analysis of proposed UK ban on use of non-escrowed crypto.
>
> Where does the DTI proposal ban software? I see lots of mention of
> "services" in the document but I don't see a "software" ban. Software is a
> product not a service. And something like SSL is being used as part of the
> provision of another service (telecommunications) so it and S/WAN would seem
> to be covered by that exemption. PGP keyservers would be covered though.
Not just PGP keyservers. It could be reasonably interpreted
as banning individuals from signing PGP keys.
That is what Mr. Anderson and others meant when they said
it bans PGP. Not that the distribution or use of the software itself
would be banned. From Mr. Anderson's post that started this discussion:
> 1. PGP servers will be outlawed; it will be an offence for me to sign
> your pgp key, for you to sign mine, and for anybody to put my
> existing signed PGP key in a foreign (unlicensed) directory
--
Anil Das
