At 05:41 PM 10/16/96 MET, Bert-Jaap Koops wrote:
I haven't yet made up my mind how the crypto problems for law enforcement are to be addressed. It's my Ph.D. subject, and all I can say at present is that the issue is complex.
Before addressing the problems of crypto, how about addressing the problems of opaque envelopes in snail mail. Opaque envelopes not only facilitate criminal conspiracies in the same way that crypto does, it also makes possible such things as letter bombs, which have no crypto equivalent. The solution: Mandatory tranparent envelopes. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com