-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- If old Sam gets his butt in gear, I should have a tape of the crypto session in Boulder yesterday to transcribe. Here's a brief report of the doings. Dr. Dorthy Denning of Georgetown University presented the escrowed encryption proposal. She was talking Boy Scouts and telephones, teaching kindergarten. Escrowed encryption was heinously soft peddled by Denning. The ramifications of escrowed encryption privacy violations by the intelligence communities was avoided during the initial presentation. She assured everyone that the FBI, with probable cause, would get a court order for the escrowed keys from NIST and DoJ. Rebutting was Phil Zimmerman, who was applauded when introduced as being under criminal investigation. Phil talked civil liberties, and some of the uses PGP was finding in countries not nearly as free from gov't intrusion as the United States. Phil brought up the point that intelligence agencies do not play by the same rules as the DoJ and FBI. Ken Klingenstein, CU director of comp. networking services, brought up the most interesting news to me. His perception of the DoD people he was in contact with was that they considered the escrowed encryption quagmire an NSA problem and were providing Klingenstein with helpful information. Denning had been nervous through out her presentation and response to the rebuttals of Phil and Ken. Again she avoided the issue of intelligence community intrusion, focusing on organized crime. I spoke to Denning briefly after the session. Eli Nixon, an investigator for the Zimmerman defense, and I proposed legalization for the drug problem. Denning sugested that organized crime would move into new territory in such an event. Slavery. (I found that rather anti-climactic after her dramatic measured pause for effect). Denning mentioned terrorists. I rebutted with satellite surviellance. I pointed out that we could read a poker hand via computer enhancement. This visibly shook her. Escrowed encryption is completely unnecessary, and she had no rebuttal for this. My information on satellite resolution came from a physicist who worked at JPL. I shook Dr. Denning's hand and wished her luck. She either reads everything I post, or was briefed beforehand. She was quite familiar with me. She couldn't believe I would discuss classified information on satellite resolution in casual conversation. The USAF hand in attendance was as smooth as sandpaper as well. As soon as I mentioned SDI, he shot over to evesdrop on the conversation I was having with Eli Nixon, et al. All and all, a fun time in Boulder. e -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLbtGUl/ScHuGXWgVAQHlkAQAwl7sAz32H/zNxDUsPsy+LLEvGUCVScXY Zwr1oGpBqNYPVzDve46CvsissDpTH08MmQelfc+zwmdCjRP6sVzgNILhlsyLihTB Qfjh48sj40ESZnbJtj81k11SSaIBJJpDvlVsEWn4RDiP5aDgRnCKQ8hGxUZmGcCG q6dWYoH3DCc= =nGJZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- PGP PUBLIC KEY via finger! JAFEFFM Speaking & Thinking For Myself! * eagle@deeptht.armory.com email info@eff.org * *** O U T L A W S On The E L E C T R O N I C F R O N T I E R **** ***** Committed to Free Public Internet Access for World Peace *****