At 11:13 AM 4/25/97 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote:

Let's let the legislative process (whatever you think of it) take its course. I'll be happy even if they sneak some screwy secret committee on the final bill, as long as we are not subject to that committee or any other governmental body just because we allow ftp of C source code by our off-shore friends.

I think this is a dangerous position to take... make that fatal. The code is already being ftp'ed out of the US. The law would gain you little. But the new restrictions/enhanced penalties, which will inevitably be included in any crypto bill that might become law, will set us back severely. Personally, I hope that none of the crypto bills pending gets passed. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi