Hal wrote:
But this influence is making us a target of companies who know that gaining our approval, or at least avoiding our criticism, is important for success on the net. In many cases, such as the recent flap over Netscape's attitudes towards key escrow, I detect a whiff of two sidedness, in which one attitude is presented for the benefit of government and law enforcement interests, while another posture, more acceptable to cypherpunks, is adopted on the net.
At the NIST meeting our representative made a strong statement against the governments GAK proposal, and government interference with crypto in general. If I'm not mistaken that was a government and law enforcement forum. We want to sell (and give away) products that contain strong encryption, and our customers want to buy it. We are beginning to take a more active role in trying to achieve this goal. Its not happening fast enough for me either, but it is happening. --Jeff -- Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist Netscape Communication Corporation jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw Any opinions expressed above are mine.