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MIT TALK:Wed Apr 12, 7-9 E51-140 - personal cryptography program (PGP)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sethf@MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 11 04:34:50 1995
From: sethf@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 04:32:08 -0400
To: safe-announce@MIT.EDU
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
[People interested in avoiding government censorship by exchanging mail
using unbreakable cryptography might be interested in this. The whole
topic of government regulation of encrypted material is receiving much
attention these days. Pres. Vest has cited MIT's work with this program
as a point in favor for him regarding free speech. Don't be put off by
the technical aspects if you're not a computer person, the basic issues
are simple enough. If you are a computer person, go for the discussions
that tend to happen afterwards, you can learn a lot about the real
interactions between technology, business and government]
Subject: Simson Garfinkel to speak on PGP
From: etnibsd!vsh@uunet.uu.net (Steve Harris)
To: bblisa-announce@cs.umb.edu
Back Bay LISA:
Simson Garfinkel will be speaking:
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*** Wednesday, April 12. ***
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Note: The calendar at bblisa.org _may_ indicate an incorrect date.
I've asked the calendar administrator to check it.
This promises to be a most interesting and entertaining talk. We look
forward to seeing you all there.
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April: PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
Date: April 12, 1995
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Location: MIT
Building E51 Room 140
70 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA
Coordinator: Steve Harris (etnibsd!vsh@uunet.uu.net)
Speaker(s): Simson Garfinkel
Description:
In 1991, Phil Zimmermann finished a program called PGP: Pretty Good
Privacy. The second version of the program gives the user military-grade
cryptography that is, for all intents and purposes, unbreakable. PGP was a
hit around the world, but its use in the United States was restrained
becuase of two software patents on public key cryptography.
Last year, Zimmermann cut a deal that legitimized PGP. Now it's on the
loose, much to the consternation of the U.S. Government, which is trying to
build a case against Zimmermann for alegedly violating the U.S. laws on
exporting munitions.
Confused? Don't be. The whole story of PGP, Zimmermann, Software Patents,
and the National Security Agency does make sense. Come listen to Simson
Garfinkel, author of PGP: Pretty Good Privacy (O'Reilly and Associates,
1995) explain all.
... And while he's at it, Garfinkel might throw in a few words about why
UNIX isn't all that it's cracked up to be. That's becuase Garfinkel is also
the co-editor of the 1994 cult classic, The UNIX-HATERS Handbook.
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