Kent Crispin writes:

They could wave around TIS's products (designed by noted cypherpunk Carl Ellison, I believe), or NorTel's Entrust, just as well. Hell, in a few months they may be able to wave around Adam Backs CDR product, which also facilitates GAK...[deleted]

sure, but PGP has a certain name recognition that appears to extend beyond the computing business community; ask your average cs student what PGP is and they'll have heard of it *and* its reputation. Ask them about Entrust and see if you get the same result. (I could do that here with my managers as a demo. :-) Now figure out what your representatives in Congress know: even less. So, PGP gets cited by Congress as an example, and the other corporations building in GAK or who have signed on to get that good export license for DES don't. Ariel Glenn ariel@columbia.edu