After discussing this offline with Walt K5YFW, I would say that
encryption on the amateur bands should only be permitted in two
specific circumstances:
1. to control a remote device (e.g. a satellite)
2. during a declared emergency
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Paul L Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> How about changing "no place" to "only a limited place".
>
> For example, it's essential (*and currently legal*) for remote
> control of things like satellites.
>
> And it would be nice for emergency comms -- with the health
> privacy laws the way they are now, permission to pass encrypted
> text between approved sources (e.g. EOC's) during emergencies
> could save lives while preserving legally-protected privacy.
>
> And high-speed digital -- 2.4 GHz where 802.11 is license-free,
> but it's also a ham band... how do you keep non-hams off of a
> ham network? Limited use of encryption would help.
>
> Satellite control and network security would not necessarily
> be obscuring as much as just forcing keys to match (only the
> authentication would need to be obscured), but the case of
> protecting ourselves against liability for violating health
> privacy laws would definitely be obscuring.
>
> Dave Bernstein wrote:
> > By definition, there is no other purpose to encryption other
than
> > obscuring meaning. . From Wikipedia,
> >
> > "In cryptography, encryption is the process of obscuring
information
> > to make it unreadable without special knowledge."
> >
> > If you're referring to encoding or other forms of transformation
> > required by modulation and demodulation processes, these are not
> > considered encryption since anyone can decode them.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Dave, AA6YQ
> >
> >>Dave,
> >>
> >> Allow me to take issue with you...encryption for the purpose of
> >> obscuring
> >> the meaning of the information transmitted has no place on the
> >> amateur bands.
> >>
> >>Walt/K5YFW
> >>
>
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