From: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 12:57:08 -0800 (PST)
To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
Subject: Re: controlling web "cookies"
In-Reply-To: <199612192013.PAA27064@homeport.org>
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[note, I have rerouted this thread from coderpunks to cypherpunks where it is  
more appropriate...]

Adam Shostack writes:
>  	Posting hacks like this, while fun, tells the bad guys
>  (in Washington) how we're going to bypass their next
>  bits of nonsense.
>  	A number of cute hacks posted to cypherpunks after
>  Clipper II were defended against in Clipper III.  So
>  don't post your cute hacks against systems until they're ok'd
>  by the government or deployed.

Part of the reason past Clipper schemes haven't been deployed is because they  
had been shown not to work!  I say if there are weak spots, keep punching  
holes in them.  While Washington is spinning around trying to come up with a  
new-and-improved version, keep deploying good strong crypto and working the  
free-speech/civil-liberties angle in the courts.  By the GAKers come up with a  
workable solution (which is probably impossible given the politics involved  
in global-GAK) it will be too late.


andrew