Re: snake oil

Bruce Schneier (schneier@counterpane.com)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:54:27 -0500

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At 10:24 AM 6/23/98 -0600, staym@accessdata.com wrote:
>If the copyright bill passes, all attempts to solve a crypto challenge
>by disassembling it would be illegal:
>http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0622/22wipo.html

I have been spending many hours on this: in Washington, phoning,
faxing, debating. Right now there is a compromise ammendment that
I can live with; although it is not great.

Bruce
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