[10093] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: R.I.P -- Privacy '94
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert G. Moskowitz)
Mon Feb 7 08:02:47 1994
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 07:46 EST
From: "Robert G. Moskowitz" <0003858921@mcimail.com>
To: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock@well.sf.ca.us>
To: com priv <com-priv@psi.com>
>The White House Friday announced its endorsement of a sweeping new
>security and privacy initiative. Privacy, as we know it, will
>never be the same. All the rules have changed. Forever. The catch
>is that the government gets to write all the rules; you get no
>vote. None. Worse, you can't even read the fucking rule book
>because it's classified.
Brook,
What is to stop us from deploying things like PEM and triple DES on our own?
Is the government announcing the ourlawing of these technologies? Remember,
PEM is a slimmed down version of X.509 that according to many 'has the
weight of international treaty'.
Shouldn't we encourage the government to do their Clipper chip to catch the
80% of the crooks, as they say, and we go for PEM becuase it gives us
Authentication and guarantied content check. For data steam encryption we
have the TELNET authentication/encryption RFC and one in the works for FTP.
Or have I missed something here? Isn't it better for the public to conduct
civil disobediance and out manuver the feds? Thus forcing them into a more
civil action to the public?
Bob
