John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> reported:

My favorite was his summary report on the OECD meeting in December, ~steptoe/286908.htm, at which the US tried to parade some of the fruits of its behind-the-scenes efforts to convince other governments to become as authoritarian as the US government on crypto policy.

Why help "potential enemies"? Why a govt risks it's cherished 'national security'?

If the US government can quietly convince other countries to support Clipper-like systems (including "mandatory key escrow" and "trusted It probably means that they already cracked the code... :)

Definitely, they are insane beyond the safety level... JFA **** NEW PGP 2.6.2 KEY ********* 2048 bits Key ID:24201BA1 1996/02/13 Jean-Francois Avon <jf_avon@citenet.net> Key fingerprint = 23 B6 24 31 86 67 FB 35 C7 A7 AF 12 A1 61 E9 3D **** OLD KEY: DO NOT USE ANYMORE UNLESS FOR VERIFYING SIGNATURES **** 1024 bits Key ID:57214AED 1995/10/04 Jean-Francois Avon <jf_avon@citenet.net> Key fingerprint = 84 96 76 AE EB 7C AB 15 88 47 87 B0 18 31 74 9F