Re: def'n of "computer network"

[Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu>]

On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Although I hardly oppose the construction of "headerless"
> cryptographic protocols, they make key management in any sort of a
> reasonable system a living hell. If you work for an organization
> maintaining a reasonable number of keys -- say a few hundred at some
> institution -- you will have to linearly search them to find which one
> is the right one. What a royal pain.

Hmmm.  no arguement.  But seeing as it might all soon be illegal, I'd 
rather it be a possible pain than just plain impossible.

> Rapid deployment in ordinary software is, of course, preferable.

It would seem that we may be approaching the criminalization of crypto.  
In which case we'd still be in trouble.  Because they might criminalize 
the /use/ of crypto.

Jon
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