Re: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>]

On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Duncan Frissell wrote:

> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 10:12:51 -0400
> From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
> To: bal@martigny.ai.mit.edu
> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)
> 
> At 06:20 PM 7/12/95 -0400, Brian A. LaMacchia wrote:
> >Finally, we begin to see the attack on all forms of un-escrowed
> >encryption.  The bill provides an affirmable defense of
> >giving the keys to the government ahead of time!
> >
> >            `(c) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
> >          section that the software at issue used a universal decoding device
> >          or program that was provided to the Department of Justice prior to
> >          the distribution.'.
> 
> We'll just supply the feds with some of the key testing code developed for
> collective cracking of RSA-129 or RC4.  That code is "a universal decoding device or program."  All it takes is a few years... <g>

We need stealth encryption.

PERIOD.


> 
> DCF
> 
> "Since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration started
> 'protecting' us, there has been no significant decline in work place 
> injuries."


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