Cypherpunks, (My apologies if this is already widely known; I haven't seen any mention of it on this list) In the March 1993 IEEE Spectrum magazine on pp. 16-17, Dorothy Denning again floats her support for digital telephony bill in an article entitled "Wiretapping and cryptography". I quote her: "Although government regulation of cryptography may be somewhat cumbersome and subject to evasion, we should give it full consideration. Regulated encryption would undoubtedly provide far greater security and privacy than no encryption at all, the current state of affairs for most personal and corporate communications." Regulated encryption!? This topic was discussed quite thoroughly in sci.crypt in response to Tim May's post. And the topic is still kicking... The article is very interesting, containing many oxymorons: "On the contrary, implementation of an intercept capability together with appropriate security measures is more likely to lead to telecommunication systems that are "smarter," more secure, and of commercial interest to other countries." "while often labeled as "anti-privacy," wiretapping actually serves to protect the privacy of law-abiding citizens and the business interests of corporations" /-----------------------------------\ | Karl L. Barrus | | elee9sf@menudo.uh.edu | <- preferred address | barrus@tree.egr.uh.edu (NeXTMail) | \-----------------------------------/