-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 11/30/95 3:07 AM, Futplex quoted:
... said Clark. He added that an invincible security system for the Net is possible, but such a system won't be built unless the government has a stake in it. "That's where key escrow comes in," said Clark. ---------------------------------------------
"A stake in its heart," more like. Futplex then wrote: ...
Netscape's web pages. I hope they will at least have the courage to put out a "We Support Clipper II" press release. Now the question is, how much of a role does Netscape Communications intend to play in implementing GAK, and what can we do to counter it ?
Well, spamming the sign won't do. Aleph One's suggestion -- an NS-hack or "virus" -- doesn't make any sense: if Perry or someone would vet a hacked copy, I'd use it in a second. But hacking it would involve a violation of the license, so hacked versions couldn't be offered in any above-ground way: there'd be no way to certify a hacked copy with a trusted nym's key. Netscape is between a rock and a hard place: I think it's safe to say that, were all things equal, NS would support strong crypto. The fact that NS has decided otherwise suggests that some pressure was applied: Clark says as much. This leads me to believe that one possibly effective (and possibly dangerous) tactic might lie in a seriously sustained attack on NS's reputation -- keeping up a meme-drumbeat of "you can't trust Netscape, that's all, you'll get ripped off." I think we should try it -- TODAY, now, persistently and loudly, until NS comes around. I'm not saying that this'll be enough, but it's a start. TODAY. And I really don't care what it takes: calling cronies in the press, spreading innuendo, redoing NS icon sets so there's a spy from "Spy Versus Spy" loitering behind the N... I've seen some nice "NO Netscape" tags on GNU-related pages. Let's do it. Hieronymous FB DD B5 C8 FB F4 52 41 F0 0F A0 6E 99 43 75 06 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQBVAwUBML1vc73g0mNE55u1AQGfdgIAsldR3e9UQZG9//38B9LrU/HnCSzaY1kB RMOcBdab5EZ2X9BXkA7lIdDJUUqHOykuv1oyFDtitWRsXxmaTb0cuw== =0FmD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----