In case anyone is interested, there is a very sympathetic article in the Oct. 4, 1993 "Business Week" magazine about PGP and encryptation in general. It's on page 43. I'll just hit the highlights, but check it out.
Oddly, the crackdown on software {re:PGP} comes just as the administration is loosening export controls on computer hardware. But the schizophrenia may be more apparent than real."I don't think they've got the export policy together enough to be split", says a key congressional staffer..... "This is an area that has essentially been turned over to the spooks".
Meanwhile, there is growing concern in congress about possible damage to exports. Quality encryptation software, "is available from foreign manufacturers... and is easily transmitted using only a long-distance telephone line and a modem," complained Representative Sam Gejdenson (D-Conn.) and a high-powered bipartisan group of collegues in a Sept. 20 letter to the President.
Still, the NSA can't stave off the inevitable for long. Gejdenson hopes to produce legislation by early next year to revamp government policy on high- tech exports. The result will probably include looser restrictions on encryptation software- and a victory for Phil Zimmermann in his battle to keep snoops out of his cyberspace.
Hee-Hee, write Rep. Gejdenson via compuserve or any other way and let him know you support him on this one. I think if we keep at it we win. Scott G. Morham ! The First, Vaccinia@uncvx1.oit.unc.edu ! Second ! and Third ! Levels of ! Information Storage and Retrieval ! DNA, ! Biological Neural Nets, ! Cyberspace