Re: NSA on GAK

[geeman <geeman@best.com>]

[I think the other exceprt was based on this one, from Charles IX of France in 1563]


Printing press registration may prove essential in making printing and literacy managable 
on an international basis. We are not the only country wrestling 
with the public safety implications of  printing presses. 
France, Israel and Russia recently imposed import and domestic 
use restrictions. Several Asian, South American and African 
countries have had similar restrictions in place for years. Others
may impose them as  printing presses proliferate.

For many overseas, as well as here, the logic of the need to 
balance business imperatives with public safety concerns argues 
for printing press registration. The European Union and other confederations 
are considering printing press registration-based infrastructures. The world's major 
standards bodies are designing future standards so that printing press registration 
can be accommodated.

International standards and protocols for printing press registration may prove 
essential to hand off national restrictions on  printing and literacy, to 
promote a broad export market for printing presses and to establish 
a infrastructure acceptable for general international 
use. This would accelerate the realization of the promise of information 
technology, and that would be in everyone's best interest.

Working in partnership, government and industry together need to 
lay the foundation necessary to sustain and strengthen information 
security for America. I wish to emphasize that the infrastructure for 
printing press registration will be built by industry as a commercial venture. 
This task is huge. Collaboration among many partners will be 
essential if we are to establish a PPRI that promotes the use of 
printing and literacy worldwide.

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At 10:47 AM 4/13/97 -0400, John Young wrote:
>Excerpts of remarks by NSA head William Crowell to
>NISSC96, October, 1996:
>
>Key recovery may prove essential in making encryption scalable 
>on an international basis. We are not the only country wrestling 
>with the public safety implications of unbreakable cryptography. 
>France, Israel and Russia recently imposed import and domestic 
>use restrictions. Several Asian, South American and African 
>countries have had similar restrictions in place for years. Others
>may impose them as strong cryptography proliferates.
>
>For many overseas, as well as here, the logic of the need to 
>balance business imperatives with public safety concerns argues 
>for key recovery. The European Union and other confederations 
>are considering key recovery-based KMIs. The world's major 
>standards bodies are designing future standards so that key 
>recovery can be accommodated.
>
>International standards and protocols for key recovery may prove 
>essential to hand off national restrictions on strong encryption, to 
>promote a broad export market for cryptography and to establish 
>a key management infrastructure acceptable for general international 
>use. This would accelerate the realization of the promise of information 
>technology, and that would be in everyone's best interest.
>
>Working in partnership, government and industry together need to 
>lay the foundation necessary to sustain and strengthen information 
>security for America. I wish to emphasize that the infrastructure for 
>key management will be built by industry as a commercial venture. 
>This task is huge. Collaboration among many partners will be 
>essential if we are to establish a KMI that promotes the use of 
>encryption worldwide.
>
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>For full talk:
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>   http://jya.com/nsagak.htm
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