From owner-freebsd-security Fri Sep 14 3:16:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from ranger.argus-systems.com (ranger.argus-systems.com [206.221.232.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F91437B409 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 03:16:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dedog.argus-systems.co.uk (host62-6-130-160.host.btclick.com [62.6.130.160]) by ranger.argus-systems.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id FAA18833 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 05:16:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: by dedog.argus-systems.co.uk (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:19:17 +0100 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:19:17 +0100 From: fergus To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US Congress already discussing bans on strong crypto Message-ID: <20010914111917.C1043@dedog.argus-systems.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: security@FreeBSD.ORG References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010913161936.04a17d40@localhost> <200109140630.f8E6UG8s014562@cairo.anu.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200109140630.f8E6UG8s014562@cairo.anu.edu.au>; from avalon@cairo.anu.edu.au on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 04:30:16PM +1000 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 > The only problem is that the cat is out of the bag in terms of the crypto > technology itself - heck, wasn't it always? what you all seem to fail to realise is that if the US makes crypto illegal then terrorists will repect that & never use it again. i mean there's no way they could use crypto without freeware or licensed/sold products - they're just camel bashers aren't they? ok, so the rest of us lose our ability to communicate without full disclosure to our employers, all govenment bodies & everyone in between ( i mean who is going to decide who gets the backdoor ? ) but it's a small price to pay to bring maniacs under control. i mean what right do you have to privacy? privacy is the same as secrecy & if you've nothing to hide what are you afraid of. * does that seem sarcastic ? * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message