From owner-freebsd-security Fri Sep 14 3:12:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from supermarine.crossflight.co.uk (supermarine.crossflight.co.uk [195.172.72.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CFD537B403 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 03:12:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailscan.crossflight.co.uk (mailscan2.crossflight.co.uk [195.172.72.202]) by supermarine.crossflight.co.uk (8.11.5/8.9.0) with ESMTP id f8EACA706600 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:12:11 +0100 (GMT/BST) Received: from crossflight.co.uk (unverified) by mailscan.crossflight.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.5) with ESMTP id ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:12:06 +0100 Message-ID: <3BA1D7F0.C9C15513@crossflight.co.uk> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:12:00 +0100 From: Guy Dawson Reply-To: guy@crossflight.co.uk Organization: Crossflight Ltd - this message is (c) Crossflight Ltd 2001 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Darren Reed Cc: Brett Glass , security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: US Congress already discussing bans on strong crypto References: <200109140630.f8E6UG8s014562@cairo.anu.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Darren Reed wrote: > The only problem is that the cat is out of the bag in terms of the crypto > technology itself - heck, wasn't it always? The cat was never in the bag. Good crypto can be done with pen, paper and some patience. Sure it's not practical for long messages but it's still useful. Guy -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guy Dawson I.T. Manager Crossflight Ltd guy@crossflight.co.uk 07973 797819 01753 776104 ********************************************************************** This email contains the views and opinions of a Crossflight Limited employee and at this stage are in no way a direct representation of Crossflight Limited. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. To ensure the integrity and appropriate use of its email system, Crossflight Limited reserves the right to examine any email held on its email system or sent to or from it. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. We strongly recommend that you check this email with your own virus software as Crossflight Limited will not be held responsible for any damage caused by viruses as a result of opening this mail. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message