--- begin forwarded text From: Somebody Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 10:12:47 -0400 (EDT) To: rah@shipwright.com Subject: Access to Plaintext: An Obvious Consequence Bob, If no encryption product can be sold that can't decrypt everything it encrypts, then no public key systems can come to market. That would effectively eliminate the entire range of encryption products of interest to you. Surely, this is clear? <Somebody's .sig> --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/