Japanese encryption policy evidently has no room yet for key "compromise" by the Japanese government. However, Mr. Baker holds out hope that that may change. Forwarded-by: bostic@bsdi.com (Keith Bostic) Forwarded-by: Phil Agre <pagre@weber.ucsd.edu> EMERGING JAPANESE ENCRYPTION POLICY by Stewart A. Baker Steptoe & Johnson sbaker@steptoe.com http://www.us.net/~steptoe/276915.htm