NODE 246b41edExportable if Escrowed Changes Nothing!
"Joey Grasty" <jgrasty@gate.net>Fri, 18 Aug 95 04:54:25 PDT
C-punks:
This "change" that encryption software can be exported if the keys are
escrowed means nothing. PGP still couldn't be exported, since it can
generate its own keys. You can be sure that any program that generates
its own keys couldn't be exported. How are you going to escrow 2^100
possible keys (or whatever it is that PGP can generate)?
Thus, this regulatory change means diddly-squat. The only crypto that
could be exported would be something like Clipper, and they already said
that could be exported.
Governments: can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em.
Regards,
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Joey Grasty
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"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is,
of course, in a state of sin." -- John Von Neumann
PGP = A7 CC 31 E4 7E A3 36 13 93 F4 C9 06 89 51 F5 A7
NODE dde3b822Re: Exportable if Escrowed Changes Nothing!
fc@all.net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)Fri, 18 Aug 95 05:34:06 PDT
> C-punks:
>
> This "change" that encryption software can be exported if the keys are
> escrowed means nothing. PGP still couldn't be exported, since it can
> generate its own keys. You can be sure that any program that generates
> its own keys couldn't be exported. How are you going to escrow 2^100
> possible keys (or whatever it is that PGP can generate)?
As I said, for $1 each, I will be happy to escrow all 2^100th keys
for 100 bit PGP. Send your dollars to the address below:
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