From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 20:40:00 +0800
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: BXA Testimony at SAFE Hearing
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In <1.5.4.32.19970906234350.00705f64@pop.pipeline.com>, on 09/06/97 
   at 07:43 PM, John Young <jya@pipeline.com> said:

>See William Reinsch's testimony on the administration's 
>encryption policy at the September 4 SAFE hearing:

>   http://jya.com/bxa090497.htm

>Perhaps dissimulating, or not then clued to the draft GAK bill, Reinsch
>states:

>1. Foreign crypto products are not as widely available as export control
>critics claim, and thus do not threaten US products.

Lie

>2. The administration is against mandatory key escrow.

Lie

>3. Finds the SAFE bill unhelpful but likes its crypto-criminalization
>provision and favors McCain-Kerrey's Secure Public Network  Act bill or
>other legislation that will:

>  Expressly confirm the freedom of domestic users to choose 
>  any type or strength of encryption.

Lie

>  Explicitly state that participation in a key management 
>  infrastructure is voluntary .

Lie

>  Set forth legal conditions for the release of recovery 
>  information to law enforcement officials pursuant to lawful 
>  authority and provide liability protection for key recovery 
>  agents who have properly released such information.

Any time they want it.

>  Criminalize the misuse of keys and the use of encryption to 
>  further a crime. 

Any and all uses will be a crime.	  

>  Offer, on a voluntary basis, firms that are in the business of 
>  providing public cryptography keys the opportunity to obtain 
>  government recognition, allowing them to market the 
>  trustworthiness implied by government approval.


They don't want it nor do they need it.

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