17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Do you think this will force folks into using encryption? If I was a sysop, I sure would have all my users using encryption... :)
Which bill do you mean (aside from the one in the whitehouse)? Why force users to do anything. There are other measures, such as running the system on a secure file/device/drive system. Well, that would only help prevent anyone who yeggs your physical system from looking at it-- could even put you in more legal doo-doo that if the users encrypted it. Getting users to encrypt their mail is pointless as a defense against this bill, since the authorities' usual way of 'busting' systems is to call in, become just another user and download (or get a minor to download) 'evil' files or messages. Rob