Frist also introduced amendments to the McCain-Kerrey bill that were accepted:
* Requiring that not any Federally-funded communications network, but only ones established "for transaction of government business" would use key escrow -- thereby jumpstarting the domestic market.
Will this narrow the bill so it no longer applies to researchers, students and others who happen to use subsidized networks? If so, that would take out the worst part of it. Key escrow when you're sending to the government isn't so bad, since the government can read your message anyway. "John --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------