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For the Record
Thursday, July 10, 1997; Page A18
The Washington Post
From testimony by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)
yesterday before the Senate Judiciary
Committee:
Although encryption has historically been a
technology reserved for national security and
military applications, the explosive growth of
both electronic communications and stored data
has enhanced the need to develop means to
protect business, governmental and individual
communications and information from improper
access and use. A direct deterrent to economic
espionage, consumer or commercial theft or
fraud, or improper eavesdropping of private
information or communications is the encryption
of such information. By employing mathematical
algorithms [that] convert electronic
information into meaningless text, encryption
prevents anyone other than a keyholder -- who
has the algorithm necessary to unscramble or
decrypt this information -- from gaining access
to the information. The importance of
meaningful legislation in this area cannot be
understated. Consider for instance that
consumer confidence in a secure network is
deemed essential to the development of such
things as on-line commerce, which is projected
to grow from last year's $500 million to as
much as $12 billion by the year 2000.
The difficulty in evaluating a meaningful
encryption policy is that, while its employment
does protect the privacy of legitimate business
and personal interests, it can also be used . .
. by criminals to hide their communications and
operations. . . .
Today, Americans . . . enjoy the ability to
use, and industry is free to market, commercial
encryption of any strength domestically without
restriction. The focus of congressional debate
is the export and dissemination of U.S.
encryption products abroad and the development
of key recovery features that allow law
enforcement access to encrypted communications
under appropriate circumstances.
� Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company
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