I'm not saying that Crowell intentionally misrepresents the truth, I'm only saying he was, as of last summer when he wrote his statements to House-NSC, out of touch with the truth; behind it by only a few years. One of his claims is that the "Crypto Genie" is by no means "out of the bottle" and there's still plenty of time to integrate the government into cryptography products. However, that's wrong, that's all. Gov't still has techne like EF monitoring from a shadowy van down the street. They use it in Germany, as a matter of fact, to detect "illegal TV licenses". However, the rights of access and contribution to the history of human speech and of private communication cannot be denied to every person. It's a losing battle, and one based in flawed principles of competition for control over every detail of everyone else's life. The willingness of human apes to inflict violence enforcing this creed appals even the most intrepid galactic adventurer. For example: government could write laws against gravity, but even as they hit the books, we would not suddenly lift into the sky. They could legislate against excessive nuclear waste and then still fund nuclear power exploits, but that would not cure cancer. Similarly, free software items like the one below cannot be denied transmission through a medium with no possibility of a central power structure to control the transfer of information. (Forwarded from Cypherpunks) >FilterBot V2.11: Originally from cypherpunks/coderpunks/elsewhere > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > Filtered Cypherpunks List Digest Number:971226 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > FilterBot V2.11: Originally from cypherpunks/coderpunks/elsewhere >--------------------------------------------------------------- > From : Robert Hettinga <rahat_private> > Subj : Cryptix 3.0 - the International JCE > Date : Tue, 23 Dec 1997 19:55:16 -0500 > Forward? : No > Return : rahat_private > MsgID : <v04002705b0c60db6e460@[139.167.130.248]> > FromList : owner-cypherpunksat_private Tue Dec 23 20:36:38 1997 >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >--- begin forwarded text > > >Date: 23 Dec 1997 22:41:22 -0000 >From: iangat_private >To: e$@vmeng.com >Subject: Cryptix 3.0 - the International JCE >Sender: <e$@vmeng.com> >Precedence: Bulk > >Happy Xmas from the Cryptix Development Team! Here's the full story: > > >======================================= >For immediate release: > >Cryptix 3.0 - the International JCE > >23 December 1997 -- A major new release of Cryptix is now available on >web sites around the world. Cryptix V3.0 includes the International Java >Cryptography Extension (IJCE). > >The cleanroom implementation of the JavaSoft specification was built by >David Hopwood and Raif Naffah, and also includes new algorithms by the >team, including the long-awaited unencumbered ElGamal public key >algorithm. > >Cryptix includes the strong cryptography that is needed to protect >privacy and electronic commerce on the Internet. With this release, the >Cryptix Development Team is maintaining its committment to quality, >freeware cryptography. > >In full, the Cryptix International JCE release supports: > > Symmetric > encryption > Blowfish, CAST5, DES, > Triple DES, IDEA, > LOKI'91, RC2, RC4, > SAFER, SPEED, Square > Message digests > HAVAL, MD2, MD4, > MD5, RIPEMD-128, > RIPEMD-160, SHA-0, > SHA-1 > Public-key > encryption > RawElGamal GF(p), RSA > Public-key > signatures > RawElGamal GF(p), RSA > Padding > PKCS#5, PKCS#7, > OneAndZeroes, NONE > Modes > ECB, CBC, CFB, > CFB-PGP, OFB > Miscellaneous > Base64 encoding > >Cryptix now offers the widest choice in Java cryptographic solutions. >These benefits can be downloaded from the international mirror index >listed below. > >A design goal of maintaining compatibility with Java 1.0.2 has been >substantially achieved, although specific Java 1.1 features and some of >the new algorithms (ElGamal and KeyGenerators) are not available when >using the older standard. This provides a smoother upgrade path to full >J1.1 and JCE functionality. > >The international download mirror index is located at >http://www.systemics.com/software/cryptix-java/ The Cryptix >Development Team acknowledges the kind assistance of the many mirror >sites that permit widespread and free distribution of the product, to >maximum benefit of the Internet community. > >David Hopwood <hopwoodat_private>, Raif S. Naffah <raifat_private> >and Ian Grigg <iangat_private> are available to answer questions on >this release of Cryptix. > >- - - - - - - - - >Cryptix is a trademark of Systemics Ltd. >Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. >Sun Microsystems does not endorse this release, >and are not involved in any way with the product. >-- >iang systemics.com > >FP: 1189 4417 F202 5DBD 5DF3 4FCD 3685 FDDE on pgp.com > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Where people, networks and money come together: Consult Hyperion >http://www.hyperion.co.uk/ infoat_private >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Full-Strength Cryptographic Solutions for Worldwide Electronic Commerce >http://www.c2.net/ strongholdat_private >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Like e$? Help pay for it! >For e$/e$pam sponsorship or donations, <mailto:rahat_private> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--- end forwarded text > > >----------------- >Robert Hettinga (rahat_private), Philodox >e$, 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' >The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/ >Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: <http://www.fc98.ai/> > > That's the end of the forwarded message. Mark Hedges Anonymizer, Inc.
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