12-16-96: "TIS' Key Recovery Technology First To Enable General Purpose Export For Very Strong Encryption" In a development that may signal the beginning of the end of the long standing encryption export control controversy, TIS today announced that products using very strong cryptography with its RecoverKey technology have been approved for general purpose export control under new export regulations. "Encryption - BSA tries new lobbying tack" BSA intends to abandon its efforts to negotiate with the Clinton administration on encryption export rules and will instead lobby Congress for new legislation. The best hope lies with Rep. Bob Goodlatte who plans to reintroduce a House bill proposing the relaxation of controls at the next session next month. "U.S. Emissary on Cryptography to Keynote RSA Data Security Conference" "The RSA Conference is an opportunity for me to provide some insights on my mission which includes fostering a consensus on the development of an international key management infrastructure," said Ambassador Aaron. "Pretty Darn Private" PGP last week unveiled PGP Cookie Cutter, a browser plug-in that lets users selectively block Web "cookies." "Smart card-PC standard proposed" The eight documents of the joint specifications address three major areas: They provide an interface to card readers; establish a common programming interface and control mechanism; and maintain compatibility with existing devices, leveraging the ISO structure that has been set in place over the past decade. Information is available on the Web at www.smartcardsys.com. "Web Service Provider Attacked" A SYN-flood attack against WebCom knocked out more than 3,000 Web sites for 40 hours this weekend during the busiest shopping season of the year. ----- TIS_sue (19 kb)
In a development that may signal the beginning of the end of the long standing encryption export control controversy, TIS today announced that products using very strong cryptography with its RecoverKey technology have been approved for general purpose export control under new export regulations.
For those journalists reading the list that aren't experts in cryptology: if someone outside of your control can recover the key, then it is NOT "very strong" cryptography. andrew
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Carl Johnson
Just listen to what Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM has to say about PLP: "Best encryption program going. You can bet your sweet ass that that murdering Armenian bastard, Ray Arachelian, didn't write it."
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At 11:08 AM -0600 12/17/96, Andrew Loewenstern wrote:
In a development that may signal the beginning of the end of the long standing encryption export control controversy, TIS today announced that products using very strong cryptography with its RecoverKey technology have been approved for general purpose export control under new export regulations.
For those journalists reading the list that aren't experts in cryptology: if someone outside of your control can recover the key, then it is NOT "very strong" cryptography.
Another piece of advice for journalists: stop saying the latest proposal "may signal the beginning of the end of the impasse..." and similar such puffery. We heard this about the Lotus 40+24 stupid idea a year or so ago, we heard this about the IBM key recovery thing a few months ago, we heard this about the H-P/Intel scheme a few weeks ago, and now we're hearing about it again with the latest revision of the TIS proposal. Journalists seem to be just rewriting the press releases of these companies, all of whom are building the technologies to sell out the remaining liberties of Americans. These corporations, and the journalist who tout their stories, are the modern equivalent of the German companies...you know the reference. ("The development of Zyklon-B may signal the beginning of the end of the long standing controversy regarding the Jewish problem.") --Tim May Just say "No" to "Big Brother Inside" We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
Jewhater "Timothy C. May"
("The development of Zyklon-B may signal the beginning of the end of the long standing controversy regarding the Jewish problem.")
What this net needs is the final solution to the "cypher punk" problem. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
John H West wrote:
Are Dr DVT & Ray Arachelian the same pair who relentlessly spammed the Net about three years ago re: what Turkey did to the Armenians circa 1918 ??
John, Dr. DVT is the spammer. Ray Arachelian is a spammee.
PS: Will PLP be shareware or proprietary ?
It will be improtietary. -- Reply to:toto@sk.sympatico.ca "There's only one two."
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