1996-10-20 - Re: Wrap Up: Conference on Law Enforcement and Intelligence

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From: James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-20 02:37:24 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:37:24 -0700 (PDT)

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From: James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:37:24 -0700 (PDT)
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Wrap Up: Conference on Law Enforcement and Intelligence
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On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:

> 4.  Might be a good idea to review implementations of crypto.
> 
> Both James Woolsey and Stewart Baker made sly remarks about the
> reliability of crypto in the public domain. [...]

There was also an interesting comment made in session three of the 
Joint Australian/OECD Conference on Security, Privacy and Intellectual 
Property Protection in theGlobal Information Infrastructure,
(Canberra, 7 - 8 February 1996), reportedly by a representative of 
the DSD:

"... PGP may not survive as a viable option for private security."

For the full quote, see:
 http://www.nla.gov.au/gii/sess3.html

- James.
--
James Morris
<jmorris@intercode.com.au>
http://www.intercode.com.au/





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