17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Hal writes: [ Good critique of NRC crypto report ] I completely agree. The *best* that could be said of this report is "56 bits instead of 40". B.F.D. And aside from that one concession, it's a step backward. BTW, does it seem to anyone else that recommendation 1 "no law should bar the .... use of ... encryption within the United States" is contradicted by recommendation 5.4: "Congress should seriously consider legislation that would impose criminal penalties on the use of encrypted communications in interstate commerce with the intent to commit a federal crime"? Maybe they meant to say "no law except those we propose below" :-(. -- Jeff