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Date:      Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:57:21 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Open Systems Inc." <opsys@open-systems.net>
To:        Jeremy Lea <reg@shale.csir.co.za>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Crypto policy [was: Can we just come to a decision on IPv6 and IPSec?]
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981204104445.1030A-100000@pinkfloyd.open-systems.net>
In-Reply-To: <19981204151923.A255@shale.csir.co.za>

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On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Jeremy Lea wrote:

> To the South African's on the list:  Anyone have any ideas on the best way
> to get encryption enshrined as a constitutional right?  Better to be
> proactive than reactive.  I'm sure some argument about the need for
> individuals to protect themselves, to prevent an recurrence of the horrors of
> the past, would go some way.

Heh. Im not S. African, but I know in the US crypto is supposed to be
protected under Amendments I and IV of the constitution here. And in the
land of the free that has not worked out to well.

<UNRELATED-BANTER>
My brother whos finishing his last year of law school suggested, and I
know this would never fly for us for various reasons, is that you just
import the KAME code or whoever's stack. Write the EFF, and all the
senators on the senate judiciary committee who are overseeing the crypto
issues, like fred thompson and orin hatch, and inform them of your plans
to start rolling it into FreeBSD and exporting it in the next release, and
explain your issues and the problem you face by not being allowed to do so
legaly. And force a lawsuit by the US Govt. against WC :-)
Now I know that is not going to happen. But I think I agree that the only
way these moronic laws that infringe on freedom are going to be over
turned is by someone forcing a law suit and winning, and paving the way
for others to do the same since they can then point to your case as an
example.
</UNRELATED-BANTER>

Chris

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