From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 03:00:48 +0800
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: New Computer Security Act
In-Reply-To: <v03102807b04725f6f699@[207.167.93.63]>
Message-ID: <199709181851.OAA12614@users.invweb.net>
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In <v03102807b04725f6f699@[207.167.93.63]>, on 09/18/97 
   at 11:44 AM, Tim May <tcmay@got.net> said:

>(Toad.com address changed to algebra.com. Hugh Daniel confirmed to me
>that about 130 subscribers are still using the toad.com address. And he
>confirmed that none of them are getting the traffic sent to the "real"
>Cypherpunks lists, those at algebra.com, cyberpass.net, and ssz.com. I
>again urge folks to get with the program. Toad.com is going to vanish
>someday, at least as any kind of distribution site for CP traffic.)

>At 7:04 PM -0700 9/17/97, John Young wrote:
>>The Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1997 (HR1903)
>>is intended to replace the Computer Security Act of 1987.
>>It redefines the role of NIST in meeting federal computer security
>>and encryption requirements through cooperation of industry.
>>Public use of encryption is also addressed in the bill.
>>

>By the way, today is the 50th anniversary of the National Security Act,
>which created the National Security Agency and the United States Air
>Force, amongst other things (some of them probably still secret).

>I doubt Clinton will be at the Fort Meade HQ for a ceremony, as he's on
>his way to Stanford, where both of us will, amazingly enough, be
>tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Have FUN!!!

I wish I had the time to fly out there. Let me know if you video-tape any
of it as I would be intrested in getting a copy.

Thanks,

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