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Re: moving Crypto?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arnold G. Reinhold)
Thu Aug 2 19:45:24 2001
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Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 18:11:41 -0400
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>,
"Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" <dee3@torque.pothole.com>
From: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
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At 9:25 AM -0400 8/1/2001, Derek Atkins wrote:
>There are many alternative conferences than Crypto, and many of them
>are already outside the US. Indeed, the IACR already runs EuroCrypt
>and AsiaCrypt.
>
>Personally, I think that trying to move Crypto is just an
>over-reaction to the current situation. If the situation really does
>get worse (and the egg-in-face arrest wasn't an abberation) then
>perhaps the conference should get moved to a more friendly North
>American country.
>
I don't think it is an overreaction. Would you hold a political
science conference in China right now? Moving to Canada would be an
important statement. I'd prefer Toronto because it's a fairly
central location, but Vancouver is cool too.
Arnold
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