[51899] in Cypherpunks
Re: How would Leahy bill affect crypto over HAM radio?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Carp)
Sun Mar 10 22:07:42 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 20:36:43 +0000
From: Ed Carp <erc@dal1820.computek.net>
To: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
Cc: Mutant Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199603110226.VAA00697@nrk.com>
On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, David Lesher wrote:
> >
> > Subject asks it. I'm not a HAM, but still curious. Wonder if anyone
> > has brought this to Leahy's attention...
> >
> > Comments from the packet folx on the list?
>
> Non-cleartext has been forbidden for last 60 years anyhow.
Not quite. Anything intended to hide the meaning of the message is
banned. Compression isn't banned, because the intention is to make more
efficient use of the frequency, not to hide the meaning.
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