At 8:44 AM 7/19/96 -0400, Peter D. Junger wrote:
(I do want to thank Netscape--and especially Tom Weinstein who tried to give me a lot of assistance--for making the downloading possible. On the other hand, I certainly don't think that we owe any thanks to the government agencies that made all this rigamarole necessary.)
I echo Peter's thanks. Netscape is helping us demonstrate a market for strong, non-GAKed crypto. This market exists in spite of what the GAK fans say. If the American people carefully considered the issues of GAK, I strongly believe they would come down on the side of privacy, and not on the side of total government access to communication. That is why our government is trying so hard to institute GAK thru international treaty, the path with the least public input and scrutiny. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | The Internet may fairly be | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | regarded as a never-ending | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | worldwide conversation. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA