Cypherpunks: At 1735 CDT on Tuesday, July 30, 1996, CNN Atlanta during World News Tonight reported (in a _very_ brief flash) several "resolutions" adopted by the Group of Seven (G7) trade meeting in Paris. At the bottom of the list of resolutions was to "prevent terrorist from using the Internet" (quote from CNN anchorwoman). No further explanation was given in regards to that statement, but methinks that in wake of recent terroristic activities in this country, Pro-CODE in Congress, and Netscape Navigator 3.0b3 in the hot little hands of Americans everywhere, there could be a complete retreat from the "progressive" attitude of legislators in this country towards strong crypto. John Young has already requested further information about the G7 meetings, and it would probably behoove us all to know precisely what it was that was said before such a resolution was agreed upon. Or, better yet, whose idea it was to attempt to "prevent terrorists from using the Internet." Apologies to all if this is redundant information, and apologies to the purists for intruding with this newsflash. ObCrypto: Anyone have any more information on Royal Dutch Shell apparently the first customer of TIS' firewall package with key escrow ? Has such a purchase been confirmed, and if so, does it still entail an agreement with the British government as an escrow agent ? -J. Malcolm +-=-+-=-+-=-+-=-+-=-+-= j malcolm summers / karl_marx@juno.com / summersj@southwestern.edu ignorance is not bliss +-=-+-=-+-=-+-=-+-=-+-=