At 09:55 1/31/95, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Michael Sattler says:
How does this device conform with the legislated requirement that it must deliver plaintext to the government upon court-approved demand?
There is no such requirement.
I was under the impression that "the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act requires equipment manufacturers and telecommunications carriers to develop network technologies that are readily wiretapped" (from Garfinkel's book). Doesn't a "hardware encryption device for use in lots of communications devices, including cell phones, PDAs, etc." seem to fall into that category? If it doesn't then I have no idea what CALEA is supposed to do. -----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael Sattler <msattler@jungle.com> San Francisco, California | Digital Jungle Consulting Services http://www.jungle.com/msattler/ | | And so these men of Indostan/ disputed long and loud/ each in his own | opinion/ exceeding stiff and strong/ though each was partly right/ and | all were in the wrong! - John Godfrey Saxe |