What is best policy paper on crypto?
I happen to know that an influential Congresspern will be meeting with some Cato folks tomorrow morning, so I'm assuming this isn't an idle request. -Declan // declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com // ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:46:09 -0400 From: Solveig Bernstein <sberns@cato.org> To: fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu Subject: What is best policy paper on crypto? If you folks were to pick one policy paper or book or magazine article that did the best job of explaining why export controls on crypto were bad, and/or why key escrow is not a good idea, which one would you pick? I'm looking for something that would be helpful to a Congressperson. Please feel free to e-mail suggestions to me privately so as not to clutter up the list. ********************************************************************** Solveig Bernstein, Esq. (202) 789-5274 (202) 842-3490 (fax) Assistant Director of Telecommunications & Technology Studies Cato Institute 1000 Mass. Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001
Declan McCullagh wrote: | I happen to know that an influential Congresspern will be meeting with | some Cato folks tomorrow morning, so I'm assuming this isn't an idle | request. | | -Declan The NAS report, despite a few silly points, does push for liberalization of the export regime, standardization, a switch to an 'assume export' stance, states that the debate can be carried out in public, and that classified information is not needed, and suggests that crypto can help reduce many threats to Americans. It does not suggest abolishing the ITARs, and suggests consideration of a law criminalizing the criminal use of crypto. It is a balanced report, and has NSA, and attorney generals on it. Otherwise, I'd go with some of Whit's testimony before Congress. (Saw a presentation by Herb Lin yesterday at MIT.) Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume
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