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Re: Layman's explanation for limits on escrowed encryption ...
At 11:47 AM 5/24/96 -0400, Black Unicorn wrote:
>On Wed, 22 May 1996, Ernest Hua wrote:
>
>> Could someone with some knowledge of NSA/DoS/FBI intentions please
>> explain why key length limitations are necessary for escrowed
>> encryption?
>
>To deal with the possibility that someone might slip through the cracks of
>the escrow process.
However, this escrow process is claimed to be _voluntary._ And good,
non-escrowed encryption already exists today, outside the US. It won't be
"slipping through the cracks," it'll be like opening the floodgates. So the
question is still open: Why key-length limitations on export?
Jim Bell
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