From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 95 09:31:09 PDT
To: Peter Trei <trei@process.com>
Subject: Re: CYPHERPUNK considered harmful.
In-Reply-To: <9509151915.AA16093@toad.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950916122624.25537D-100000@polaris.mindport.net>
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On Fri, 15 Sep 1995, Peter Trei wrote:

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>      Think about it. Which future would you rather see:
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> 1. Lots of people demanding strong unescrowed crypto for what you  
>    consider rather peripheral and politically unaware reasons, which
>    you have educated them in.
> 
> 2. Unescrowed crypto banned, with those who promote considered
>    aiders and abeters of the four horsemen, (but boy are they 
>    ideologically pure!).


3. Unescrowed crypto banned, with advanced stego, panic passwords, 
stealth PGP, incorporated remailers all across international borders 
making offenders impossible to identify or catch.

Given the degree to which I believe 1. unlikely in the numbers required 
to avoid the unescrowed encryption ban, I believe the goal is to 
propogate crypto far enough to at least have a salient "underground" 
participants.

Some months ago I called for advanced stego and stealth PGP as well as 
larger keys in the event we all had to go "into the crypto closet" for a 
time.

I call for them again.

> 
> Peter Trei
> 
> I probably won't see any responses till Monday. I'm going for a 
> weekend at a resort on Lake Winnipesaukee. If you need me, I'll be
> in the hot tub. :-) 
> 
>      
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> Peter Trei
> Senior Software Engineer
> Purveyor Development Team                                
> Process Software Corporation
> http://www.process.com
> trei@process.com
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