At 4:35 PM -0600 on 7/16/99, EDUCAUSE wrote: > DRAWING A HARD LINE ON ENCRYPTION > The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence unanimously > approved a measure to control exports of encryption software and > provide government access to encrypted data. The committee was > the fourth House panel to approve the amendment, which was > designed to ensure that government agencies can obtain court > orders to access encrypted information. The committee also > adopted a measure allowing the president to control, and deny, > encryption exports significant to national security. Last, the > committee approved language authorization funding to enable law > enforcement and intelligence agencies to better prevent the > spread of increasingly powerful encryption software. These > issues have been the subject of much controversy, as software > manufacturers argue that they are losing market share from export > controls, while privacy activists oppose law enforcement access > to encrypted data. (Washington Post 07/16/99) ----------------- Robert 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'
