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Re: Exporting cryptographic materials, theory vs. practice

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Mon Jan 2 22:05:31 1995

Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 18:49:21 -0800 (PST)
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@netcom.com>
To: nobody@rahul.net
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199501021725.AA09061@bolero.rahul.net>

On Mon, 2 Jan 1995 nobody@rahul.net wrote:
> Doesn't Matt's experience really show simply that not enough people try
> to follow the rules, [...] 
>
> [...]
> 
> I could see a system where you routinely fill out and have your card
> stamped when you check your luggage to show that you are carrying crypto.
> Then you turn it in when you come back.  [...]  How does this
> advance the CP cause?

Exactly so.  Surely we are better off with a system that does not
work.

Furthermore, with the current system, entropy works in our favor.

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