[8077] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Republic targeted for sale of 'unhackable' system
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Sat Nov 18 14:24:18 2000
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 20:24:23 +0000
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
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To: William Knowles <wk@c4i.org>
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William Knowles wrote:
> The system may run foul of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill
> (RIP) in Britain, which, if passed, would insist that security
> services should be able to decrypt communications networks to preserve
> national security.
This part is _definitely_ snakeoil - RIP makes no such requirement. But
it sure sounds good on your marketing material, right?
Cheers,
Ben.
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