From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 06:37:33 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Freeh-style Encryption needed to fight infowar threat
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I just saw the principle author of the recently released report of the
"Commission on
Critical Infrastructure Protection," interviewed on CNBC, a business
program. Robert Marsh called for increased use of encyption to proect the
nation's computer networks against hackers and crackers and
info-terrorists.

The catch? It's the FBI proposal he wants to see adopted.

Personally, I think this issue, and Marsh in particular, are sleep-inducers
to most people, so I don't see this as a driving force for GAK the way a
building being blown up, or a child porn ring, will be.

--Tim May

The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography
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Timothy C. May              | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
ComSec 3DES:   408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA  | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
Higher Power: 2^2,976,221   | black markets, collapse of governments.
"National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."