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- From: sysevm@nsrvan.vanc.wa.us
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: Restrictions on Public Use of Crypto
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.104944.45@nsrvan.vanc.wa.us>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 18:49:44 GMT
- Article-I.D.: nsrvan.1992Nov9.104944.45
- References: <921108201101.251385@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL>
- Organization: National Systems & Research, Vancouver WA
- Lines: 49
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- In article <921108201101.251385@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL>, WHMurray@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL writes:
- >
- > Dorothy Denning asks us to consider the following question:
- >
- >>Do we really want a society where electronic communications cannot
- >>ever be broken when there is good reason to believe some major threat
- >>against society is being planned?
- >
- > I suppose that she asks it sincerely, as though it were relevant.
- >
- > Of course it is not. For better or worse, we already live in such a
- > world. There is absolutely nothing in the proposals of the government
- > or Dr. Denning that will change that.
- >
- > The question is do those of good will surrender the right to private
- > communications in the name of a futile attempt to prevent those of ill
- > will from having them? Even if it would work, I would answer no. Given
- > that it will not work, it is so silly that one wonders why it is raised
- > at all. Is it any wonder that one is made suspicious of the intentions
- > of those that would make such proposals? Even if the FBI were free from
- > their record of abuse, I would still be suspicious of their motives.
- >
- > I suspect that Dr. Denning is misled by the goodwill of the people with
- > whom she works. While I respect the integrity of the individual members
- > of the FBI and NSA with whom I work, my experience tells me that it is
- > not sufficient to protect me from the inertia and momentum of the
- > institutions. The direction of these is at least oblique to the
- > intention of my friends that make them up.
- >
- > I stand with Perry Metzger. They can have my RSA key when they remove
- > it from my gold tooth (where I plan to put it as soon as the technology
- > permits. In the meantime, they will play hell finding it (them)).
- >
- > William Hugh Murray, Executive Consultant, Information System Security
- > 49 Locust Avenue, Suite 104, New Canaan, Connecticut 06840
- > 203 966 4769, WHMurray at DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL
-
-
- Thanks William, This is just what I wanted to say.
-
- Let me add that at this period of human history we have the lowest
- ability to keep our personal actions and communications from the 'governments'
- than anytime ever. For DaVinchi just writing backwards was enough. A simple
- cypher worked for the Ceasars, Face to face through a messenger was good for
- Kings, Barons and merchants in the past. But now through technology (think of
- Enigma) our ability to keep to ourselves has eroded to only face to face in
- with great care. RSA is needed.
-
- regards, Ethan
-