Re: Notes from NIS&T Key Escrow Export conference.

[tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)]

At 7:59 PM 9/7/95, Pat Farrell wrote:
>>"If keys are escrowed, what purpose does a 64 bit limit serve?"
>
>This question was asked, it seems like a zillion times, but
>probably no more than four or five times.
>
>It is a bit of a belt and suspenders idea. But it also shows how
>scared they are about real encryption.
>
>It is clear that this meeting is a shame. Everyone in industry
                                    ^^^^^

Sham? Or shame? Or, likely, both?


Your account of the meeting merely confirms my worst fears.

But don't they say the Chinese character for "crisis" also means "opportunity"?

(Sort of the way the English word "oversight" has two very different and
opposite meanings.)

--Tim May

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