try not to file a drive

of keys that must be maintained in a
secure manner over an extended time period. These systems must make decryption
information quickly accessible to law enforcement agencies without notice to
the key owners. These basic requirements make the problem of general key
recovery difficult and expensive - and potentially too insecure and too costly
for many applications and many users.

Attempts to force the widespread adoption of key-recovery encryption through
export controls, import or domestic use regulations, or international standards
should be considered in light of these factors. The public must carefully
consider the costs and benefits of embracing government-access key recovery
before imposing the new security risks and spending the huge investment
required (potentially many billions of dollars, in direct and indirect costs)
to deploy a global key recovery infrastructure.


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Government Steamroller
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Force anyone receiving government money to use crackable crypto?

Import restrictions in the U.S.?

Outlaw all non-government approved crypto?

That would never happen...would it?

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: The Netly News
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: Bill of Goods
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: by Declan McCullagh May 9, 1997
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: Senate Democrats are preparing legislation
: that requires universities and other groups
: receiving Federal grants to make their
: communication networks snoopable by the
: government, The Netly News has learned. The
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