Re: Public key crypto

[Paul Svensson <paul@svensson.org>]

On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Rick H. Wesson wrote:

>On Jan 10,  5:38pm, Kent Crispin wrote:
>
>> 4) PGP is used only for authentication, not encryption.  In some
>> jurisdictions that makes a difference.
>
>It doesn't matter in france, So you are saying there won't be any
>registrys in France? Bad idea.

Why would the rest of the world bend over backwards to accommodate
countries like France and Iraq in their efforts to assert control over
their citizens ?  IMNSHO, barring jurisdictions with unreasonable
encryption laws from interfering in the international network effort
should be seen as something positive.

>> 6) Commercial versions of PGP interoperate with the PD ones.  PGP,
>> Inc purchased Viacrypt, and will be marketing PGP under their own
>> name.  Of course, a registrar would use a commercial version if it
>> was an issue.  Internationally they would have to, currrently.
>> Current Viacrypt PGP interoperates with international versions.
>
>Still what will a registry in any country outside of the USA
>use for processing requests? The International version of PGP is
>illegal  to use for commercial purposes anywhere.

I believe this is incorrect.  From the pgp-2.6.3 readme file:

>COMMERCIAL USE
>
>PGP 2.6.3i may be freely used for non-commercial purposes only. If you want
>to use PGP for commercial purposes, you need to buy a separate license for
>the IDEA algorithm used in PGP. IDEA licenses can be purchased from Ascom
>Systec AG in Switzerland. The fee is charged on a per-user basis as follows:
>
>    1 -   50 users    15 US$ per copy
>   51 -  100 users    10 US$ per copy
>  101 -  250 users     8 US$ per copy
>  251 -  500 users     7 US$ per copy
>  501 - 1000 users     6 US$ per copy
>      > 1000 users         on request 
>
>For more information, contact:
>
>  Ascom Systec AG
>  IDEA Licensing
>  Gewerbepark
>  CH-5506 Maegenwil
>  Switzerland
>
>  Phone : +41 62 889 59 54
>  Fax   : +41 62 889 59 54
>  Email : idea@ascom.ch
>  WWW   : http://www.ascom.ch/Web/systec/security/idea.htm


	/Paul