SynData/Schneier Attack Network Associates

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At 11:42 AM 12/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
> Right to Privacy for Sale in Cyberspace; SynData Technologies Inc. 
> Speaks Out  Against Key Recovery
>
> Cedar Grove, N.J. -- SynData Technologies Inc., a provider of encryption 
> software solutions, released a statement today condemning Network 
> Associates Inc. for supporting the government's key recovery program. 
> Network Associates recently purchased Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).
> PGP had historically been opposed to key recovery. 

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> "The government's key recovery program is a complete violation of the
> individual's right to privacy and, in fact, compromises of the system are 
> already taking place. This shows that key escrow is an untenable policy," 
> said Bruce Schneier, one of the world's leading authorities on encryption 
> and author of the book "Applied Cryptography". "SynData is paving the
> way for other software developers by taking a stand in opposition to the 
> government and companies like Network Associates." 


By "companies like Network Associates", do you mean "companies who are
members of the Key Recovery Alliance" (http://www.kra.org)? If so, here are
the "companies like Network Associates", in that regard:  [Note RSA is a
Charter Member]

                 America Online, Inc. 
                 Apple Computer, Inc. * 
                 American Express Corp. 
                 Atalla * 
                 Baltimore Technologies 
                 Boeing 
                 Candle Corporation 
                 CertCo 
                 Certicom 
                 Compaq Computer Corp. 
                 Cryptomathic 
                 CygnaCom Sulutions, Inc. 
                 Cylink Corp. 
                 DASCOM, Inc. 
                 Data Securities International, Inc. 
                 Digital Equipment Corporation * 
                 Digital Secured Networks Technology, Inc. 
                 Digital Signature Trust Company 
                 Entrust Technologies 
                 First Data Corp. 
                 Fort Knox Escrow Services, Inc. 
                 Frontier Technologies Corp. 
                 Fujitsu, Ltd. 
                 GemPlus 
                 Gradient Technologies, Inc. 
                 Groupe Bull * 
                 Hewlett-Packard * 
                 Hitachi 
                 IBM * 
                 ICL 
                 IRE 
                 Intel Corporation 
                 McAfee 
                 Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan 
                 Mitsubishi Electric America 
                 Motorola 
                 Mykotronx 
                 Mytec Technologies, Inc. 
                 nCipher Corp. 
                 NCC Escrow 
                 NCR Corporation * 
                 NEC 
                 Network Systems Group of Storage Tek 
                 Novell, Inc. 
                 Open Horizon, Inc. 
                 Portland Software 
                 PSA 
                 Price Waterhouse 
                 Racal Data Group 
                 Rainbow Technologies 
                 RedCreek Communications 
                 RPK 
                 RSA * 
                 SafeNet Trusted Services, Corp. 
                 Secure Computing Corporation 
                 Siemens AG 
                 Silicon Graphics, Inc. 
                 SourceFile 
                 Spyrus 
                 Sterling Commerce 
                 Sun Microsystems * 
                 Tandem 
                 Technical Communications Corp. 
                 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. 
                 Toshiba 
                 Trusted Information Systems, Inc. * 
                 Unisys 
                 UPS * 
                 Utimaco Mergent 
                 VPNet Technologies 

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