Kerrey bill introduced in Senate

Sen. Kerrey's evil "Secure Public Networks Act" was introduced in the
Senate today, cosponsored by Sen. McCain. 

The bill, if passed, would:

Criminalize the knowing use of crypto to encrypt data or communications in
furtherance of a crime; (s. 104)

Criminalize breaking another person's ciphertext for the purpose of
violating their privacy, security, or property rights; (goodbye, Netscape
bugs bounty and DES/RC4 cracks) (s. 105(3))

Criminalize intercepting another's intellectual property for the purpose of
violating intellectual property rights (s. 105(4))

Criminalize issuing a key to another person in furtherance of a crime (s.
105(6))

Require federal government purchasers of crypto equipment to buy GAK
crypto; (s. 202, 204)

Require crypto products purchased with federal funds for use on a public
network to employ GAK crypto; (s. 203, 205)

Legalize the export of 56-bit DES crypto; (s. 302)

Criminalizes the issuance of signature certificates by registered CA's for
encryption keys if the user has not complied with GAK procedures; (s.
407(a)(4))

Criminalizes requesting a signature certificate for an encryption key from
a registered CA if the user has not complied with GAK procedures; (s.
407(a)(5))

Allows the Secretary of Commerce to "make investigations, obtain
information, take sworn testimony, and require reports or the keeping of
records by .. any person", to the extent necessary to enforce the Act; (s.
701(a))

Allows the Secretary of Commerce to subpoena witnesses and documents in any
State at any designated place; (s. 701(b)(3)(A))

Allows the Secretary of Commerce to impose civil/adminstrative penalties of
up to $100K for violations of the Act; (s. 702(1))


Ugh. The original is online at
<http://www.senate.gov/~kerrey/encrypt/encrypt2.html>, mirrored at
<http://www.parrhesia.com/kerrey.html>.




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Greg Broiles                | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell:
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http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | Export jobs, not crypto.

Greg Broiles wrote:
> 
> Sen. Kerrey's evil "Secure Public Networks Act" was introduced in the
> Senate today, cosponsored by Sen. McCain.

The bill is S.909, and it's described as "A bill to encourage and
facilitate the creation of secure public networks for communication,
commerce, education, medicine, and government."

It was also cosponsored by Sen. Hollings(SC).  It's been referred to
the Commerce committee.  Here's a list of all the committee members.

 Republicans            Democrats
 -----------            ---------
 McCain (AZ)            Hollings (SC)
 Stevens (AK)           Inouye (HI)
 Burns (MT)             Ford (KY)
 Gorton (WA)            Rockefeller (WV)
 Lott (MS)              Kerry (MA)
 Hutchison (TX)         Breaux (LA)
 Snowe (ME)             Bryan (NV)
 Ashcroft (MO)          Dorgan (ND)
 Frist (TN)             Wyden (OR)
 Abraham (MI)
 Brownback (KS)

-- 
What is appropriate for the master is not appropriate| Tom Weinstein
for the novice.  You must understand Tao before      | tomw@netscape.com
transcending structure.  -- The Tao of Programming   |

At 5:34 PM -0700 6/17/97, Tom Weinstein wrote:

>What is appropriate for the master is not appropriate| Tom Weinstein
>for the novice.  You must understand Tao before      | tomw@netscape.com
>transcending structure.  -- The Tao of Programming   |

All Beings are happy when the Tao approaches 8800.



--Tim "still long the market" May



There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws.
Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!"
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Higher Power: 2^1398269     | black markets, collapse of governments.
"National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Tim May wrote:

> At 5:34 PM -0700 6/17/97, Tom Weinstein wrote:
> 
> >What is appropriate for the master is not appropriate| Tom Weinstein
> >for the novice.  You must understand Tao before      | tomw@netscape.com
> >transcending structure.  -- The Tao of Programming   |
> 
> All Beings are happy when the Tao approaches 8800.
> 

The Tao of heaven is like the bending of a bow.
The high is lowered, and the low is raised.
If the string is too long, it is shortened;
If there is not enough, it is made longer.

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Tim May wrote:
> At 5:34 PM -0700 6/17/97, Tom Weinstein wrote:
> 
> >What is appropriate for the master is not appropriate| Tom Weinstein
> >for the novice.  You must understand Tao before      | tomw@netscape.com
> >transcending structure.  -- The Tao of Programming   |
> 
> All Beings are happy when the Tao approaches 8800.

Sounds like Tim is having another Tao Jones...  (About average for him...)

alano@teleport.com | "Those who are without history are doomed to retype it."

> --Tim "still long the market" May

May not be a smart idea.

---

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

>
>>What is appropriate for the master is not appropriate| Tom Weinstein
>>for the novice.  You must understand Tao before      | tomw@netscape.com
>>transcending structure.  -- The Tao of Programming   |
>
>All Beings are happy when the Tao approaches 8800.

the crass, ignorant, and materialistic mistake the Tao for the Dow.
when the Dow melts down, those that believe in it will be as shattered
as those clinging to a false religion. they will be like the 
priests of a fallen hypocrisy. this is the way of the
Tao, to arrive at truth by swimming through falsity. for
the master it need not be so. but masters are rare. if they
were not rare, it would not be the Tao.