1996-01-26 - Re: Doctor Denning

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From: Peter Monta <pmonta@qualcomm.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-26 22:27:08 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 06:27:08 +0800

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From: Peter Monta <pmonta@qualcomm.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 06:27:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Doctor Denning
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> I just read the new and improved Dorothy Denning essay at
> 
>     http://www.cosc.georgetown.edu/crypto/Future.html

This can be found at
   http://www.cosc.georgetown.edu/~denning/crypto/Future.html

> One should realize, of course, that whether Crypto Anarchy
> prevails depends not upon the varied philosophical leanings of
> citizen-units May and Denning, but rather upon whether our
> mathematics is more powerful than their jackbooted thugs.

What I found interesting was the lack of meat behind
"Crypto Anarchy is Not Inevitable".  It seemed to boil
down to the vacuous "if everyone could just agree that key
escrow is a good thing, there would be no problem".

Cheers,
Peter Monta   pmonta@qualcomm.com
Qualcomm, Inc./Globalstar






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