[12625] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OFFTOPIC - encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Thu Sep 25 13:38:36 1997
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 25 Sep 1997 12:49:15 EDT."
<199709251649.MAA24601@puck.nether.net>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 13:31:06 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Jared Mauch writes:
> Please ignore this message, but if you're interested, read on.
If people are interested in crypto discussion, I will point out that I
run a moderated list focusing on crypto policy and technology. It is
"cryptography@c2.net" -- majordomo based subscription.
.pm
>
> From:
> http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=342333
>
>
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> WASHINGTON (Reuter) -- The House
> Commerce Committee Wednesday rejected a
> far-reaching proposal requiring all data
> scrambling products to include a backdoor
> allowing government access to otherwise secure
> computer files and communications.
>
> On a vote of 35-16, members of the panel voted
> against an amendment from Mike Oxley,
> Republican of Ohio, to impose such controls.
> --- cut here --
>
>
> --
> ----------------- jared@puck.nether.net - Nether Network ------------------
> CICNet/IAGNet/NetherNet - finger jared@puck.nether.net for pgp key
