Your general idea is right-on. If lots of folks use crypto, it'll be politically more difficult for the government to ban it. But do many browser users even //know// they're using an encrypted channel? Probably not. This is an education issue as well as a deployment issue. -Declan On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 Syniker@aol.com wrote:
I still maintain... they can diddle one another all they want in washington... if ENOUGH people use crypto everyday... there's bascially not a damned thing they can do about it... If it becomes 'fashionable' to use it -- whatever it takes... the sheer numbers will work... Why not a 'crypto' YES WWW thing like our blackout pages??? If enough people put those perl lines on their hompage... there you are -- instant mass 'export'.... boom...
Larry.