According to the BBC, the British government is talking to Microsoft about putting in a back door for the file encryption mechanisms.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4713018.stm --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]