Arnold Reinhold
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 07:32:01 -0700
At 7:09 PM -0400 8/25/99, John Young wrote: >William Crowell has provided PECSENC's recommendations >for revising encryption export regulations: > > http://cryptome.org/LIB42.htm > Has any consideration been given to combining the PECSENC's recommendations with the administration's "Cyberspace Electronic Security Act" proposals as a way to end the crypto impasse? Eliminating most controls on strong cryptography while authorizing the government to use surreptitious means to get at keys and encrypted data in certain criminal cases under court order seems like a reasonable compromise. Laws work best when they recognize reality. Bad guys will get strong crypto, controls or no, and if you don't trust the government, you have to assume they will use the surreptitious means anyway. Arnold Reinhold