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[linux-security] UK encryption proposals (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Morgan)
Fri Apr 4 03:53:40 1997
From: morgan@physics.ucla.edu (Andrew Morgan)
To: linux-security@redhat.com
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 15:11:31 -0800 (PST)
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com
Hi,
For anyone who is interested I, emailed the Economist about the UK
encryption proposals (anyone who knows anything about British
newspapers will realize that this is the only one that cuts the
mustard) and this is the reply I received:
[Names deleted to protect the innocent - it was private email...] wrote:
> Thanks for your note about the DTI encryption proposals.
>
> Those proposals aren't going anywhere, they will be swamped by the
> general election. I will be returning to the subject later in the
> year when we have an idea what the new administration plans to do.
The translation being: "wait and see..."
Cheers
Andrew
[mod: Beware of: "No we're not doing anything with it the coming
months, call back three months from now", [three months later...],
"Huh? You want to complain? No, we approved that more than a month
ago, and objections have to be raised within a month. Sorry, you're
too late.". Be alert! -- REW]
