Some more thoughts... 1) What activities will require TTP licencing? Will all certification agencies be required to be licenced? What about if I sign a friends key? Or if I hold a key signing party and offer to sign the key of anyone showing a valid drivers licence or other picture ID? 2) Will all certification agencies be required to require disclosure of private keying material before issuing a certificate? 3) Will laws be made requiring all commercial transactions using public key certificates to be performed using certificates issued by a TTP in order for such transactions to be valid? 4) Will LEAs be permitted to impersonate a non-consenting third party for the purposes of allowing a conversation to be intercepted? (blatant violation of the 4th ammendme... oh shit- never mind). Simon. --- Cause maybe (maybe) | In my mind I'm going to Carolina you're gonna be the one that saves me | - back in Chapel Hill May 16th. And after all | Email address remains unchanged You're my firewall - | ........First in Usenet.........