-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <Pine.GSO.3.95.970911152027.12105Z-100000@well.com>, on 09/11/97 at 03:38 PM, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> said:
So I'm reading through the 43-page amendment to SAFE that the House Intelligence committee approved today. It includes:
* Ban on sale of crypto without a backdoor. Five year & fine (maybe $250,000?) if violated. Prosecutions can be held in closed-door courtrooms, publishers of info about case to be held in contempt of court.
* Federal government computer purchases must use key escrow "immediate decryption" after 1998. Same with network established w/Federal funds.
* Such products can be labeled "authorized for sale to U.S. government"
* U.S. government may "not mandate the use of encryption standards" for the private sector
* Export decisions aren't subject to judicial review
* Defense & Commerce have controls of exports of crypto
* Establishes Encryption Industry and Information Security Board
* Internet providers, key recovery centers aren't liable if they turn over keys following legal standards
* President can negotiate int'l agreements, perhaps punish noncompliant governments
I'm still reading... More details shortly...
-Declan
Declan, Is there any way you can get me a copy of the amendment? My congressman is on that committie and I intend to raise a stink down here on this. Copies of the transcripts from the meeting and voting recored would be helpfull. I understand that 1 congresscritter voted against the amendment, do you know which one it was? I would like to make sure it wasn't Joe Scarborough. Thanks, - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBNBibN49Co1n+aLhhAQHjIAQAt8zHf0pXV0ADED/nsurOOu78TOC9WyVh hiK+Ido+h2gbyI/IM+kYjqFX1Mmnw33u2HcPQgBWY1wOaZDHbE1s7bumkD2hkKAM Cu8kH4BC2G4yi5pR7S9d+4QwmnHNA+S5ptPdMtV0MwEgTy5c0Ht/Kya5qJZrZikp hZdGgNhdVv0= =3nSZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----