The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information held hearings this afternoon on encryption; audio is available now at <http://www.c-span.org/>, I don't follow C-Span so I don't know how long they'll make the recording available. I haven't finished listening to the recording, but it so far has featured Senator Leahy and Louis Freeh reminscing pleasantly about their early-morning walks near Sen. Leahy's farm in rural Vermont, and Freeh talking about how the situation prior to the enactment of Digital Telephony looked bleak - but with the helpful intervention of Congress, a "balance" was achieved between privacy and law enforcement which has made everyone happy. Ahem. Key escrow is being compared to airbags in cars; they're discussing forcing crypto software authors to include key escrow in their software, and allowing users to "choose" to use it or not. -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles@netbox.com | http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | Export jobs, not crypto.