Maybe I'm just the one off base here, but this list seems to have
strayed afar from open source software when we start talking
about amateur radio. I'd like it better if we discussed LDS
related open source software issues like how best to provide
a meaningful volunteer service to the Church by developing
and maintaining code that can help build the kingdom. My $.02 :-)
But to answer the encryption question, the FCC has always
ruled that amateur radio not use encryption of any kind:
Title 47--Telecommunication
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
PART 97--AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE
ยง 97.113 Prohibited transmissions.
(a) No amateur station shall transmit:
...
(4) Music using a phone emission except
as specifically provided elsewhere
in this section; communications intended
to facilitate a criminal act;
messages in codes or ciphers intended <<<<<<<
to obscure the meaning thereof, except <<<<<<<
as otherwise provided herein; obscene
or indecent words or language; or false
or deceptive messages, signals or identification;
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/12feb20041500/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2004/octqtr/pdf/47cfr97.113.pdf
(Though there are petitions trying to change that, none have
been approved by the FCC. There is also international law
which the US must abide by which at times is very restrictive.
Also, cell phones do NOT commonly use encryption, they use a
commercial band which must pay licensing fees, etc. and the
Internet is not a "public medium" radio wave. A little
research will yield a wealth of info on that whole topic.)
At 1/18/2006 12:00 PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Message: 1
>Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:56:39 -0800
>From: Carl Youngblood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Emergency Preparedness Software
>
>That's interesting. Why wouldn't the government allow encrypted
>information over the air? Even today's common cell phones employ
>encryption, and of course it's all over the Internet. Is this just a
>relic from the cold war or something?
>
>On 1/17/06, Mac Newbold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> There would be no technological limitations to what you propose, you
>> _could_ send encrypted data, for example via SSL, SSH, TLS, PGP/GPG, or
>> whatever you like.
>>
>> However, there are legal limitations. In particular, it is illegal to pass
>> coded or encrypted information over amateur radio. If sending
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