[43415] in Cypherpunks
Re: NSA, ITAR, NCSA and plug-in hooks.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jim bell)
Wed Nov 15 02:09:17 1995
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 23:47:44 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: jimbell@pacifier.com (jim bell)
> > >I think it's 121.1, Category XIII paragraph (b) item (5):
> > >"Ancillary equipment specifically designed or modified for paragraphs (b)
> > >(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this category;"
> >
> > Question: What makes computers in general NOT describable by such a
> > paragraph?!?
>
>"specifically designed"?
>
>nathan
That makes it easy: Just make sure that you also write a compressor or
filter program with similar compatibility, and nobody can argue that the
hooks were SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED for encryption.
