I was just browsing through the rules for the million dollar contest just announced by Sun Microsystems to encourage the writing of killer applets in Java, Sun's new architecture- independent program format. The URL is http://javacontest.sun.com/rules/index.html in case anyone is interested. While reading the contest rules, I found the following one particularly interesting... "No entries may include encryption as a feature or part of an applet." This was made even more curious by the later revelation that one of the criteria for judging entries was... "The applet should be able to transfer information from one point to another, with no possibility of interception or other interference during the process." Doubtless the reason Sun nixed encryption is because this is an international contest, and they did not want to deal with legal hassles involving international borders and different laws in every country. Nonetheless, they seem to have missed an excellent opportunity to encourage the migration of privacy software into the new realm they are creating. -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ mpd@netcom.com $ via Finger. $