From: Vipul Ved Prakash <vipul@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:02:09 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks)
Subject: HP
Message-ID: <199612060036.AAA00456@fountainhead.net>
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>      HP UNVEILS NEW CRYPTO CONTROL FRAMEWORK
> 
>      Hewlett-Packard announced a new framework technology designed to let
>      governments enable and disable strong cryptography products. The
>      framework is independent of the method used in a given product. The
>      heart of the system is a small, tamper-resistant module with the
>      cryptographic algorithms that remain dormant until activated. A policy
>      activation token (basically some key bits) can be used to choose
>      between the various crypto algorithms stored on the module. The HP
>      press release makes this sound like the greatest thing since public
>      key encryption, but in reality it appears to be just another attempt
>      to insert government control into private data exchanges. Look for
>      legislative attempts to make this technology mandatory on all
>      encryption products. Technology details are at the site.
>      <URL:http://www.dmo.hp.com/gsy/security/icf/main.html>
> 
> 
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