At 02:10 PM 7/23/96 GMT, John Young wrote:
7-23-96, WaPo:
"The Cryptography Wars." Op-Ed By Kenneth W. Dam and Herbert S. Lin Indeed, only a fully open and inclusive public discussion can lead to the national consensus upon which any successful cryptography policy will depend. http://jya.com/damlin.txt (6 kb)
I've pointed out (primarily to Sternlight) that the whole concept of referring to it as a "cryptography _policy_" biases the discussion. "Policies," in this usage, are the functions of governments. Countries don't necessarily have any need to have a "policy" on cryptography. In fact, one could argue that in a country where freedom of speech is in effect, no sort of restrictive "policy" has any place. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com