FC: U.K. lawsuit may restrict Cambridge Univ' encryption research

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Fri Feb 21 2003 - 13:16:07 PST

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    http://news.com.com/2100-1023-985545.html
    
        Crypto research under fire in U.K. suit
        By Declan McCullagh
        February 21, 2003, 11:34 AM PT
    
        A lawsuit over possibly fraudulent withdrawals from cash machines in
        London could gag academic research into the vulnerabilities of banks'
        cryptographic systems.
    
        South Africa's branch of Citibank, which is investigating about
        $80,000 in disputed withdrawals, has asked London's High Court of
        Justice to take testimony starting on March 3 from a team of
        scientists from the University of Cambridge. The researchers fear that
        Citibank's proposed secrecy order would restrict future explorations
        into bank security systems.
    
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