I agree, cracking RSA encryption is unlikely for anyone directly, although there is the occasional workaround. I do not think this congress would pass this kind of law, but a republican congress might try, they did pass the patriot act. Who knows what they will vote for if fear is behind them.
An interesting question to ask is what can the government do if they have the complete cooperation of our ISPs. I think their is damage to be done without cracking everyone encrypted data. Chris... On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote: > Generally as a provider I ignore this kind of stuff until/unless it becomes > law and the Supreme Court upholds it. > > But this thread calls out for a few comments, at least in my opinion (below, > inline): > > On Monday, September 27, 2010 03:01:50 pm Chris Penn wrote: > >> "The Obama administration intends to present a bill to Congress next >> year that would require all providers of such services to ensure that >> they were technically capable of complying with a 'wiretap' or >> surveillance order, providing access to communications and >> unscrambling any encrypted information." > > It's simply impossible. If I encrypt well. > > If I send well-encrypted data over the network there's no way my provider > could decrypt it. > > The key is of course, for us (individuals, not me as a provider) to start > encrypting well. > > And as an aside, what about rules that require my data be encrypted: rules > such as those affecting credit card encryption? > > And even laws that require encryption, such as those affecting medical > records. > > This is going to open a can of worms. Could it ever get through Congress? > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman > Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
