[EVENT] cheap date w/Bob Dole

[jim bell]

>"Public Policy Issues Forum on Information Security"
>(aka "Celebration of 20 years of Public Key Cryptography" 1976-1996)
>
>Co-Hosts:
> Cylink Corporation
> The Churchill Club
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> - Senator(s) Larry Pressler (and Bob Dole?*)
>on new legislation (The Encryption Communications Privacy Act of 1996) to
>loosen restrictions on strong crypto in the U.S.

What, exactly, are the "restrictions on strong crypto in the U.S.?

> - Senator Conrad Burns (R/Montana)
>on his proposed bill (Promotion of Commerce On-Line in the Digital Era)
>which could include preventing government from becoming an escrow registry
>bureau.

I'm _still_ waiting to see the text of this bill.  

Jim Bell
jimbell at pacifier.com