Balderdash

[thomst@netcom.com (Thom Stark)]

Jeff Williams stated:

>   As I stated earlier.  56 bit AUTHENTICATION also applies
> to munitions ITAR requrinments.  See attached.
> 
> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
> Bureau of Export Administration
> 15 CFR Parts 730, 732, 734, 736, 738, 740, 742, 744, 748, 750, 768,
> 772, and 774
> [Docket No. 960918265-6366-03]
> RIN 0694-AB09
> 
> Encryption Items Transferred From the U.S. Munitions List to the
> Commerce Control List
> AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Commerce.
> ACTION: Interim rule.

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> or manufacture abroad of encryption commodities and software controlled
> for EI reasons and makes conforming changes throughout the EAR.

You misunderstand the thrust of the Executive Order and the Commerce
Department Interim Rule which implements it.  It speaks to the export
of 56-bit crypto and the prerequisite of a commitment to developing a
domestically-escrowed "key recovery" plan, NOT the use of public key 
algorithms for authentication.

In the past, you have made a number of absurd remarks regarding 
encryption, including the assertion that you, personally, regularly
break 40-bit encryption "in two minutes" on your laptop.  I have held my
peace until now, but your posts completely lose their charm when you
quote in support of your position a 300+ line document IN ITS ENTIRETY,
which document not only fails to support your position, but speaks to a
separate (albeit related) issue altogether.

Cut it out.

Thom Stark

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