House Report on SAFE
House Report 105-108, Part 2, July 25, 1997, reports on the recent House International Relations Committee action on Goodlatte's SAFE crypto bill, and includes analysis, supporting and dissenting views, and a few letters sent to the committee: http://jyx.com/hr105-108-pt2.htm (87K) As before offered, see HR 105-108, Part 1, published at the end of May: http://jyx.com/hr105-108-pt2.txt (94K) Note: that's JYX.COM, (same as 108240.primehost.com) our temp site to fill in for remanded JYA which is to be unJimmed soon, isn't it, your honor, what stink you screeching about, that's just rotting pork.
Note the following ominous excerpt from one of the letters: "We are in unanimous agreement that congress must adopt encryption legislation that requires the development, manufacture, distribution and sale of only key recovery products." Darrell L. Sanders, President, International Association of Chiefs of Police. James E. Doyle, President, National Association of Attorneys General. Fred Scoralic, President, National Sheriffs' Association. -Declan On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, John Young wrote:
House Report 105-108, Part 2, July 25, 1997, reports on the recent House International Relations Committee action on Goodlatte's SAFE crypto bill, and includes analysis, supporting and dissenting views, and a few letters sent to the committee:
http://jyx.com/hr105-108-pt2.htm (87K)
As before offered, see HR 105-108, Part 1, published at the end of May:
http://jyx.com/hr105-108-pt2.txt (94K)
Note: that's JYX.COM, (same as 108240.primehost.com) our temp site to fill in for remanded JYA which is to be unJimmed soon, isn't it, your honor, what stink you screeching about, that's just rotting pork.
At 8:32 am -0400 on 7/31/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
"We are in unanimous agreement that congress must adopt encryption legislation that requires the development, manufacture, distribution and sale of only key recovery products."
Darrell L. Sanders, President, International Association of Chiefs of Police.
James E. Doyle, President, National Association of Attorneys General.
Fred Scoralic, President, National Sheriffs' Association.
As if these fuckwits had any conception of cryptography at all. Sheesh. This is truly the revenge of the NSA. Telling Louis Freeh -- a man who got his 'bones' busting mafiosi with wiretaps -- that he couldn't do it any more if strong cryptography was legal was a pure stroke of luddite genius on the part of Stew Baker & Co. Self-inflicted sabotage if there ever was any. Frankly -- and I'll probably get shouted down here for saying this here -- the *only* way to shut these idiots up is for them to be standing exactly on the other side of economic progress. Which, to me, means, bearer certificate commerce as fast as possible. It's impossible to ban aviation if the enemy has strategic bombing, much less civil aviation. Cavalry charges on tanks look kind of silly. Economic power is the only power there is. Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/
John Young said:
Note: that's JYX.COM, (same as 108240.primehost.com) our temp site to fill in for remanded JYA which is to be unJimmed soon, isn't it, your honor, what stink you screeching about, that's just rotting pork.
I must have missed a post on this. Have you been ordered to remove material by Jim Bell? Has equipment been seized? (Feel free to cc: cypherpunks if it's relevant) Any background on this would be appreciated, or any pointers to texts you may have online already explaining it are equally welcomed. Rgds. -- .////. .// Charles Senescall apache@bear.apana.org.au o:::::::::/// apache@quux.apana.org.au
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