At 8:18 AM -0700 on 1/25/00, NewsScan wrote: > CHINA TO REQUIRE ENCRYPTION INFORMATION > Next Monday China's government plans to institute a rule requiring foreign > firms in China to disclose what type of software they use for encrypting > their electronic messages. Eventually, the companies must divulge details > about employees using the software, making it easier for authorities to > monitor personal and commercial Internet use. The new rules also bar Chinese > companies from buying products containing foreign-designed encryption > software, a move that could stymie the growth of Internet use in that > country. Diplomatic missions are exempted, but the regulations cover the > routers and servers that make up the backbone of China's networks, most of > which came from foreign companies. "If IBM or Hewlett-Packard wants to sell > an e-commerce Web server to China, it might have to isolate which parts > relate to security" and find a Chinese company to write the software, says > the director of the U.S. Information Technology Office's Beijing branch. "I > don't think Chinese companies have that ability." (Wall Street Journal 25 > Jan 2000) > http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB948739893578536271.htm ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
