NII, NSA and Computer Security Act of 1987

[Carl Ellison]

>Date: Fri, 8 Jul 94 21:37:00 PDT
>From: koontzd at lrcs.loral.com (David Koontz )
>To: cypherpunks at toad.com
>Subject:  NII, NSA and Computer Security Act of 1987



>Is our friendly TLA breaking CSA 1987 or has Congress been sold a bill of
>goods?  (This is analagous to making the phone system a matter of National
>Security, something more in tune with an Evil Empire.)

Our friendly TLA had a severe budget cut a few years ago.  Nothing like
that to wake you up to the need to find ways to be useful/needed.

>One wonders if this implies Escrow Encryption Standard compliant cryptographic
>hardware before one is allowed to participate in what is being billed as a
>public accessible service?

Of course.

 - Carl