John Young wrote:
From a series in Network World, July 20, 1998, "The Long, Strong Arm of the NSA," about the Agency's methods of enforcing export obedience with intimidation, delay and obfuscation:
At http://jya.com/nsa-lsa.htm, the first article is the most interesting. It demonstrates what I have always believed, that the state's reason for limiting encryption was mainly to pressure corporations, who are driven by profits, to adopt the state's desired encryption features. These NSA-approved products from American corporations should be seen as contaminated, tainted and poisoned. Would you purchase hardware or software that meets the government's export standards--approved by NSA? "Never," Davis declared. "My customers come first!" Richard Storey