Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Apr 1997 10:17:19 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: [Crypto] Re: ftp.kernel.org vs. ftp.funet.fi |
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On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Oskar Pearson wrote:
> "David S. Miller" writes: > > Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 11:27:12 +0200 > > From: Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de>
[SNIPPED] > > Linus creates a kernel with encryption in it. > He encrypts it with an international encryption algorithym (blowfish for eg) > or even a few of them... you never know who the CIA has bought. > He exports the encrypted code. > Someone in (for example) Finland de-encrypts it and put it one their site. > > This essentially creates a catch-22 (or double bind in Psychology) situation > for the government. They have been avoiding telling the world how much they can > crack.... if they want to prosecute Linus they would have to reveal what they > can crack.
You forget that various US security agencies make their own rules. They are not governed by rule-of-law. We need to get Congress to control this not-too-hidden "government". You do this by flooding Congress with proposals for a new law to remove any restrictions on the export of so-called encryption technology. You have to actually write the law yourself because the Congress is basically too dumb to know what you are talking about.
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