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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:20:33 ADT
Ralph Wirthlin (wirthlin@digital.net)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 13:13:54 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, William H. Geiger III wrote:
>
> Unfortunately a typical government "solutions" would be to outlaw the DES
> cracker rather than change it's flawed policies.
>
> Look how they addressed cell phone security. Did they push for strong
> encrypted links? No they just made it illegal for anyone but themselves to
> snoop on the conversations. I expect nothing less from them on any other
> crypto related matter.
I couldn't agree more. If you need additional proof, just look at the
recent bill (name?) to outlaw devices that circumvent copy-protection and
essentially outlaw reverse-engineering.
Let's not address the problem, rather let's ban the activity and devices
that demonstrate the problem. "Security through obscurity" seems to be
their catch-phrase.
Ralph
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:20:33 ADT