(as a quick asside, what are the current whereabouts of a public key server usable by someone in the US/PKP Empire?) Pot-fund for a lawsuit huh? :-) Seriously, what would the basis of a lawsuit be? I assume it would be the "Phils" (if Phil Karn were interested in perusing this) vs. U.S. with the general claim being that the U.S. govt. was unfairly restricting commerce and trade. Of course, their argument would be that it's a matter of national security. To this the counter argument would run along the lines of: "Exactly WHAT encryption algorithms, here, are not known and used, worldwide." Is this close to the mark? What holes are there in this case (other than the fact that THEY get to make the laws)? I would be very willing to contribute to such an effort if I felt that the goals were clear-cut and reasonably achievable -AJS Aaron Sherman I-Kinetics, Inc. Systems Engineer "Open Systems Stepstones" Voice: (617)661-8181 (x230) 19 Bishop Allen Dr. Fax: (617)661-8625 Cambridge, MA 02139 Pager: (508)545-0584 asherman@i-kinetics.com Key fingerprint = 62 6A 5E EB 6B 2A 46 48 3D 06 01 79 66 A2 87 0C