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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Subject: Re: RSA marketing weakness or lack of demand?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.212531.7712@netcom.com>
- Keywords: RsA, PKP, marketing
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Nov4.125819.1637@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> <1992Nov4.195416.4015@netcom.com> <1992Nov10.130521.2525@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:25:31 GMT
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- Pat Farrell says:
- "Until integrated software is widely available, and the legal
- usage issues resolved, RSA will remain at best a niche
- product. It is possible that this will not be resolved before
- the PKP patents expire."
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- That's 1997. I'm curious. Do people think a Democratic administration
- and Congress would support or oppose key registration? What's the
- historical track record on similar issues?
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- If the Democrats obtain a second term, absent new laws, unrestricted
- use of public key systems without PKP's legal interference will
- be possible at that time. Who knows, by then personal computers may
- even be fast enough to permit full RSA use, rather than RSA key encryption
- of DES/IDEA messages. In any case, the issue would need to be confronted
- by both intelligence and law enforcement.
-
- I predict that unless a key registration law is "sneaked in" there's
- going to be a bitter public battle over this issue during the current
- Clinton administration. Hone your arguments and your
- intervention/lobbying/testimony techniques now, whatever side of this
- you're on.
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- David Sternlight
- (pgp 2.0 and ripem public keys available on request)
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