BTW, Will R did a piece a month or so ago on Denning's shifting stance. Maybe I should call her up and press her for details. -Declan At 08:46 -0700 7/31/97, Eric Murray wrote:
"Encrypt expert revises views Authorities crack codes on their own"
By Simpson Garfinkel, special to the Mercury News
"A key academic supporter of the Clinton administrations position in the debate over controls on encryption software has found that the scrambling techniques widely used today have not shielded criminals from law enforecement authorities. As a result, she is backing off from her long-held belief that controls on strong encryption are essential to fight crime"
http://www.sjmercury.com/business/compute/encrypt073097.htm
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