Reply From: Trevor Gryffyn <tgryffynt_private> Found the answer to my question. The clause regarding breaking crypto systems as part of research has been delayed for 2 years while they weigh alternatives. After 2 years they have the option of delaying it further. -Gryffyn =-= Reply From: Paul Hart <Paul.Hartt_private> According to PC Week....: It appears as though ethical hackers have received a temporary reprieve from the House Commerce Committee. The committee on Friday approved legislation that will update U.S. copyright law and add provisions to make it applicable to the Internet. The bill is the first step for the United States to come into compliance with a World Trade Organization treaty on protecting intellectual property on the Internet, officials said. But some cryptographers worried that the WTO treaty would have made circumventing security measures on products illegal, even if that hack was attempted to prove the software's vulnerability--so-called ethical hacking. Indeed, it would have virtually criminalized their profession. But an 11th-hour compromise amendment, added by Rep. Scott Klug, R-Wis., delays the circumvention rule for two years while the U.S. Secretary of Commerce considers alternatives. After two years, the anticircumvention rule goes into effect, although the Commerce Secretary will have the option to delay it again for two years. In addition, the Commerce Committee approved an amendment that will allow cryptographers to crack antipiracy safeguards as part of their research and another amendment that allows users to disable personal information gathering technologies such as "cookies." Before this bill goes to the full House vote, however, it must be reconciled with another bill that was recently passed by the House Commerce Committee. =-= -o- Subscribe: mail majordomot_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: New Dimensions International [www.newdimensions.net]
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