Re: new bill getting through congress?

1999-03-12 Thread Anonymous
Unfortunately the bill doesn't go far enough, in that individuals are left out in the cold: it's essentially for the Microsofts and Netscapes of the industry to be exportable. Everyone always says this, but no one ever says why. Let's keep in mind that we're talking about software. The

Re: new bill getting through congress?

1999-03-12 Thread Alan Davidson
At 5:14 PM -0500 3/11/99, Perry E. Metzger wrote: Anyone know anything about this? Thursday March 11 11:15 AM ET Bill To Relax U.S. Controls On Encryption Advances WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to relax strict U.S. export controls on computer data-scrambling products passed a small hurdle

Re: new bill getting through congress?

1999-03-12 Thread Greg Broiles
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Anonymous wrote: There are troublesome aspects to the SAFE bill, but this notion that it is only for companies and won't benefit individual software developers appears to be false. It would be helpful to know where this idea came from, and to see what is behind it. I

new bill getting through congress?

1999-03-11 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Anyone know anything about this? Thursday March 11 11:15 AM ET Bill To Relax U.S. Controls On Encryption Advances WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to relax strict U.S. export controls on computer data-scrambling products passed a small hurdle Thursday, gaining approval from a House Judiciary

Re: new bill getting through congress?

1999-03-11 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Perry E. Metzger" writes: Anyone know anything about this? Thursday March 11 11:15 AM ET Bill To Relax U.S. Controls On Encryption Advances WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to relax strict U.S. export controls on computer data-scrambling products passed a

Re: new bill getting through congress?

1999-03-11 Thread Shabbir J. Safdar
The complete audio/video/written archives of that hearing are at http://www.computerprivacy.org/archive/03041999/ The Deputy Director of the NSA (Barbara McNamara) testified; you can watch the tape. -Shabbir At 5:27 PM -0500 3/11/99, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED],