Ashcroft on encryption

2000-12-23 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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Re: Ashcroft on encryption

2000-12-23 Thread Dan Geer
"We're not going to outlaw photography because someone takes dirty pictures. People use it for good things and bad things - and it's the same with encryption." -- Missouri Senator John Ashcroft (Rep.) make that Attorney General Ashcroft.

Re: Ashcroft on encryption

2000-12-23 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 11:13 PM -0500 on 12/22/00, Dan Geer wrote: make that Attorney General Ashcroft. Indeed. Somebody on Mclaughlin Group gave him the "Fastest Comeback" award tonight. :-). Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting

IP: Egghead scrambles to gauge damage - bad scene

2000-12-23 Thread R. A. Hettinga
--- begin forwarded text Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 19:10:04 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Dave Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IP: Egghead scrambles to gauge damage - bad scene Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Egghead scrambles to gauge damage An intruder may have

copy protection

2000-12-23 Thread Perry E. Metzger
David Honig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just a historical anecdote. Back in the old days, software could be linked to the unique ID on Sun motherboards. To move software to a new machine, you called and maybe faxed something signed (with a pen) to the effect that you weren't ripping them