[107092] in Cypherpunks
Computer CEOs Back Encryption Export Regs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DOOM Anonymous Untraceable User)
Thu Dec 31 22:04:08 1998
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 03:45:01 +0100 (CET)
From: DOOM Anonymous Untraceable User <nobody@seclab.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: DOOM Anonymous Untraceable User <nobody@seclab.com>
Computer-industry CEOs lent qualified support yesterday to
the Clinton administration's easing of export controls on
56-bit encryption, but said they will continue to push for
freer export of 64-bit encryption tools next year.
"It's good progress, but we're not done yet," said Ken Kay,
executive director of Computer Systems Policy Project, a
coalition of CEOs of the 12 largest U.S. computer makers.
"It's the same kind of decontrol for 56-bit encryption that
we had for 40-bit. In the next 90 days, we hope to get this
extended to 64-bit."
The new regulations were posted yesterday on the Bureau of
Export Administration's Web site
(http://www.bxa.doc.gov/encryption) and will take effect
tomorrow.
The battle for looser encryption export regulations has
raged for several years, pitting the industry's desire to
meet overseas demand for strong encryption with the
administration's concern about the potential use of such
tools by terrorists or hostile governments. CSPP members
include IBM's Lou Gerstner, Compaq's Eckhard Pfeiffer,
Hewlett-Packard's Lew Platt, and Sun Microsystems' Scott
McNealy.
--Clinton Wilder
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