In <199710190903.KAA00780@server.test.net>, on 10/19/97 at 10, Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk> said:
I talked to some people at CESG (Communications Electronics Security Group) (they are part of GCHQ, UK NSA equivalent) in a business setting. It was they who said that France was changing position to going over to "key escrow" or TTPs (Trusted Third Parties). From their point of view they seemed to view this as a good development, because they could use France as an example of a progressive, socially responsible government which the UK government should follow the example of. They were very happy with this because they could use it in their arguments to attempt to persuade the UK government and people.
France as a model?!? ROTFLMAO!!!! I wouldn't recomend Russia or China to follow the French model on anything, let alone a country like the UK who's government every now and then remembers what democracy and freedom are. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html ---------------------------------------------------------------