FYI, To: IETF-Announce:;@ietf.org Subject: RFC1984 on Cryptographic Technology Cc: rfc-ed@isi.edu Date: Tue, 20 Aug 96 08:40:43 PDT Sender: ietf-announce-request@ietf.org From: RFC Editor <rfc-ed@isi.edu> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 1984: Title: IAB and IESG Statement on Cryptographic Technology and the Internet Author: IAB & IESG Date: August 1996 Mailbox: brian@dxcoms.cern.ch, fred@cisco.com Pages: 5 Characters: 10,738 Updates/Obsoletes: none URL: ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1984.txt The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), the bodies which oversee architecture and standards for the Internet, are concerned by the need for increased protection of international commercial transactions on the Internet, and by the need to offer all Internet users an adequate degree of privacy. Security mechanisms being developed in the Internet Engineering Task Force to meet these needs require and depend on the international use of adequate cryptographic technology. Ready access to such technology is therefore a key factor in the future growth of the Internet as a motor for international commerce and communication. [...]