[5269] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: US Urges Ban of Internet Crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Karn)
Thu Jul 29 00:07:44 1999
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:11:23 -0700
From: Phil Karn <karn@ka9q.ampr.org>
To: cryptography@c2.net
In-reply-to: <199907280125.VAA08724@smtp6.mindspring.com> (message from John
Young on Tue, 27 Jul 1999 21:17:08 -0400)
Reply-To: karn@ka9q.ampr.org
>I recognize that this issue is controversial, unless we address
>this situation, use of the Internet to distribute encryption products
>will render Wassenaar's controls immaterial."
Gee, I thought Reinsch said it didn't matter that encryption software
was distributed on the Internet because nobody will trust anything
they download off the Internet... :-)
Trying to debate these people rationally is like trying to nail Jello
to a wall.
Phil
