Re: Security Consult. Needed

[Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>]

C'punks,

On Mon, 2 May 1994 PMARKS@VAX1.UMKC.EDU (my alma mater) wrote:

> . . .
> You [Duncan Frissell] are absolutely correct!  . . . It is time for
> cryptographic experts to be recognized as the true professionals they
> are and proudly join the ranks of other professionals who represent
> thieves, extortionists, junkies, drug dealers, embezzelers, etc.
> 
> Oh yes, I almost forgot.  Once Clipper is the law of the land, Congressmen 
> will no doubt want to keep their private files safe from the snooping eyes 
> of their political enemies.  So they will need crypto-consultants to find 
> "creative ways" to work around the very regulations they stood by and 
> permitted to go into effect. . . .

> Who will be laughing then?

I, for one.  If strong crypto becomes wide-spread, I'll be happy.  If that
means that politicos, publicans and other low-lifes have it too, so be it. 
One must take the bad with the good.  Like it or not, that's the way life 
works.  Deal with it.


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