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- From: abell@netcom.com (Steven T. Abell)
- Subject: Re: Encription in 3.0?
- Message-ID: <pzvnw7+.abell@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 20:00:28 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Sep11.141830.15497@next.cambridge.ma.us> <1992Sep11.170937.7106@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- [lots of stuff deleted about why encryption didn't make it into 3.0]
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- I think it's time that the U.S. Government got real about encryption
- software. I have to laugh whenever I see shrinkwrapped software with
- a little sticker that says it can't be exported because it contain a
- DES function. Who do they think they're kidding? It takes a few hours
- to write DES from scratch on any computer ever made, using public
- documents that define the algorithm. Other, better methods don't take
- much longer, once they are published. Do the feds think that foreigners
- can't program? It's hard to respect a law that's a joke to begin with.
- It's hard to respect a government that makes, enforces, or doesn't
- repeal such laws.
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- Steve abell@netcom.com
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