From owner-freebsd-security Fri Sep 14 7:11:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mail.interchange.ca (ns.interchange.ca [216.126.79.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D86537B403 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:11:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.interchange.ca (Fastmailer, from userid 555) id 364B8211A; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:10:35 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <3BA20FDB.000229.61269@frodo.searchcanada.ca> Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; boundary="------------Boundary-00=_NPONGPJWK2QPJEDD7TH0" To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US Congress already discussing bans on strong crypto From: "Michael Richards" X-Fastmail-IP: 24.43.130.241 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:10:35 -0400 (EDT) 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 --------------Boundary-00=_NPONGPJWK2QPJEDD7TH0 Content-Type: Text/Plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think it would be just as effective if they were to pass a law requiring all terrorist organisations to provide backdoor keys to their encrypted communications. Since things like DES and RSA are so widely published there really isn't a way to make these "go away". If you're planning on hijacking aircraft and flying them into buildings, I don't think you will care that much about a little law against sending PGP'd email. -Michael [snip] > One can hope that since it would be impossible for the whole > international community to agree on a single set of backdoor keys > (or central escrow authority), that perhaps this will die just > from the practical difficulties. A central set of keys or central > authority after all would be the only way for the FBI to get at > keys for software used by terrorists in a less-than-friendly > country. Not to mention the fact that any 16 year old can simply > implement the code again. > > -Mike _________________________________________________________________ http://fastmail.ca/ - Fast Free Web Email for Canadians --------------Boundary-00=_NPONGPJWK2QPJEDD7TH0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message