RE: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use

2002-05-06 Thread Kosh Naranek
age- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, 4 May 2002 00:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use To all, I've been following this thread with great interest, agree with most of the o

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2002-05-05 Thread jhobbs2
To all, I've been following this thread with great interest, agree with most of the opinions, and have enjoyed the common-sense presentations. The bulk of previous comments supporting public encryption suppression have presented "security and protection from the bad guys" as the main argumen

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2002-05-03 Thread Steve Bremer
> I doubt it, but you missed the point. He's not talking about removing the locks >altogether but that he can live without a cipher lock. Certainly we all want to >protect our personal information as much as our personal property. And because there >are bad guys out there who will use whate

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2002-05-03 Thread Ken
+++ Williams, Larry [01/05/02 14:36 -0500]: > -Original Message- > From: ken > >+++ Davis, Don (CPOCEUR) [29/04/02 08:22 +0200]: > >> If not having 1024-bit encryption available to send my private information > >> over the web is the part of the cost, I can live with that. > >Can you l

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2002-05-03 Thread David
lanning atrocities. I wish they could, but they can't. D. Weiss CCNA/MCSE/SSP2 -Original Message- From: Jay D. Dyson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:36 AM To: Davis, Don (CPOCEUR) Cc: ken; Security-Basics List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: strong encryption

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2002-05-03 Thread Muhammad Faisal Rauf Danka
ox? ;-) I think you have some great start-up information now! Take care! > > >-Original Message- >From: ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:03 AM >To: Davis, Don (CPOCEUR) >Cc: Jay D. Dyson; Security-Basics List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subje

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2002-05-02 Thread Mike Donovan
DON DAVIS WROTE: >I believe the government's stance is not so much to deny the individual >strong encryption tools, but rather to prevent or retard it's dissemination >to foreign governments whose traffic, shall we say, we prefer to be >breakable. In my opinion, that's the long and short of the "w

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2002-05-01 Thread backoffmymachine
Jay, Only addressing one of your points: > Seems a bit silly to take away >crypto use for the average citizen when it hasn't even been demonstrated >that crypto is being put to ill use. See United States v. Scarfo, Criminal No. 00-404 (D.N.J.) at: http://www.epic.org/crypto/scarfo.html Grante

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2002-05-01 Thread Meritt James
Just a minor nit - that particular method is nowhere near "assured". That has been the topic of espionage for a few thousand years. "Information Systems" security is a LOT more complex than merely "Information Technology" security. Think "spies", don't think "computers"... Jim "Jay D. Dyson"

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2002-05-01 Thread Davis, Don (CPOCEUR)
o:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:03 AM To: Davis, Don (CPOCEUR) Cc: Jay D. Dyson; Security-Basics List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use +++ Davis, Don (CPOCEUR) [29/04/02 08:22 +0200]: > I believe the governmen

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2002-05-01 Thread Valerio B.
nce over the last 5 years, > > Sept. 11th wouldn't have happened. Just because we're not engaged > actively > > in a war at the moment doesn't mean that we don't have enemies. > > > > If not having 1024-bit encryption available to send my private informatio

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2002-05-01 Thread Myers, Marvin
RE: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use > Those in the USA are familiar with the old NRA bumperstickers about guns. > Truth is, it's just as true with encryption. "If We Outlaw > Encryption, Only > Outlaws Will Have Encryption" You are ri

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2002-05-01 Thread ken
+++ Davis, Don (CPOCEUR) [29/04/02 08:22 +0200]: > I believe the government's stance is not so much to deny the individual > strong encryption tools, but rather to prevent or retard it's dissemination > to foreign governments whose traffic, shall we say, we prefer to be > breakable. In my opinio

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2002-04-30 Thread Larry Offley
gt; If not having 1024-bit encryption available to send my private information > over the web is the part of the cost, I can live with that. > > -Original Message----- > From: Jay D. Dyson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 7:51 AM > To: Davis, Don (CPOCEUR

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2002-04-30 Thread Steve Drees
> Those in the USA are familiar with the old NRA bumperstickers about guns. > Truth is, it's just as true with encryption. "If We Outlaw > Encryption, Only > Outlaws Will Have Encryption" You are right it's just as true. As in patently un-true. Law Enforcement will also have encryption (and gu

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2002-04-30 Thread Pearson, Andrew
governments denying individuals the right to use Hi all I am hoping that someone out there may be able to assist me with my assignment. I am having to write a position paper on - should our government (Australian) deny individuals the use of strong encryption? Unfortunately I have challenged mysel

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2002-04-30 Thread Secure Green
ts where the government actually has a chance of maintaining some control. --SG - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:19 PM Subject: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use >

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2002-04-29 Thread ar
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2002-04-29 Thread Davis, Don (CPOCEUR)
rry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:58 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use I think I would start the project by jotting down all the reasons one might want strong encryption,

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2002-04-29 Thread Mike Donovan
Trina, I am afraid you will find most on this list could not - in any way - support anti-encryption efforts. Several have given you good, solid information on why the idea itself is absurd. There are so many tools out there already; what are they going to do - go door-to-door and confiscate? Th

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2002-04-29 Thread securityfocus . com
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 12:08:54PM -0700, Jay D. Dyson wrote: > Those are the biggest reasons why you will be hard-pressed to find > any defense for your position. > > And if I may be so bold, I'd like to ask this: if you're taking a > position on this, but you can't personally justif

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2002-04-29 Thread Davis, Don (CPOCEUR)
I beg to differ; any stance is defensible. -Original Message- From: Jay D. Dyson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:09 PM To: Security-Basics List Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use

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2002-04-29 Thread Davis, Don (CPOCEUR)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 7:51 AM To: Davis, Don (CPOCEUR) Cc: Security-Basics List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Davis, Don (CPOCEU

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2002-04-29 Thread Mark L. Jackson
> That stance is indefensible. The reasons against this stance are > thus: Oh Please. All stances are defensible. They may not be rational or possible to implement from our point of view; they can certainly be defended. > > 1. Strong encryption is already available to the gener

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2002-04-29 Thread Jason Coombs
son [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:09 AM To: Security-Basics List Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the right to use -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I

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2002-04-25 Thread Trina_Nivison
Hi all I am hoping that someone out there may be able to assist me with my assignment. I am having to write a position paper on - should our government (Australian) deny individuals the use of strong encryption? Unfortunately I have challenged myself and decided that I would support the idea of