-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 09:13 PM 9/3/97 +0000, you wrote:
All encryption products sold or distributed in the U.S. must have a key escrow backdoor "like an airbag in a car," law enforcement agents advised a Senate panel this afternoon.
Yes, but - Freeh said all products needed to have the _option_ of a key-escrow backdoor built in. The actual deployment of the system should be at the users' discretion. Then again, Sen. Feinstein suggested he needed mandatory key escrow since there was no way to make a voluntary system work. Freeh seemed to warm to the idea of making key escrow mandatory. "Mandatory key escrow would the best solution - I have to be candid with you on that," he said. Unfortunately, he added, mandatory key escrow isn't a possibility - or foolproof, either. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBNA3e/EcByjT5n+LZAQGZEAgAoKI4lcelu7DFrA2hmpKIpdSo23oXVL0g Wbr6v6hG/QFi8hehtU2kowZkBBT5Ztx5eTRjsEEnWebM5ck/xLkvKXAMIPyoU8Gy YDKyKDWqBDp0pqe8sr5ZPMRpu0VZobcUrdcoTQBcZYDIrmFSnvhiEZy1gmfgKvac Ys1BlsnfcofEj41voj0Uy+acAjdEEkm7UMqniOoF6/bLD2FmLSMXMm9aXdS+UoJy PJS+Cyc9ZrELA/jCD7hiM+5iYTD18ZU9rrZTBnkyrQYzmNFt0Y3DfyFuc5GUhQ99 Z1YZRXXCWm6nPa1wWthskbd3X6Z4uUHwLm92F3yl29Q10+r98Wmh1g== =sOfC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Will Rodger Voice: +1 202-408-7027 Washington Bureau Chief Fax: +1 202-789-2036 Inter@ctive Week http://www.interactiveweek.com A Ziff-Davis Publication PGP 2.6.2: D83D 0095 299C 2505 25FA 93FE DDF6 9B5F