On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, William H. Geiger III wrote:
Once in place all the goverment needs to do is ban all e-mail not sent through their system. Add this to the outlawing of all non-keyescrowed encryption, and the ability to archive all messages sent through their system. Now the goverment would have total access to everything you wright.
Why not? I believe it is already illegal to place anything in a person's physical mail box that the post office hasn't processed. For the sake of preserving the 'integrity and security' of the Internet I can see the govt. taking such future actions. ________________________________ [ Bruce M. - Feist Systems, Inc. ] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Official estimates show that more than 120 countries have or are developing [information warfare] capabilities." -GAO/AIMD-96-84 So, what is your excuse now?