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Date: 1998-10-08
Crypto: Wired ueber OECD, GILC, Ottawa-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- updating 98.10.7/3 Crypto: Wired ueber OECD, GILC, Ottawa Was bei der laufenden Tagung der OECD in Ottawa zum Thema e-commerce in Sachen Sicherheit entschieden wird, steht ebenso in den Sternen wie eine Einigung in Wassenaar. Rundum hört man wenig Optimismus, dass sich die OECD zu einer eindeutigen Empfehlung, wie sie der kanadische Industrieminister Manley am Vorabend der Tagung gegeben hatte, durch/ringen wird. -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.- -.-.- --.--.-.- --.- Chris Jones 2:50 p.m. 7.Oct.98.PDT Is encryption technology a weapon? This is the fundamental question that will be debated later this year when a coalition of countries meet to review the Wassenaar Arrangement, an international agreement governing the proliferation of military technology. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is holding a conference this week in Ottawa to create policies and guidelines for a global electronic-commerce system. Since many OECD members are also signatories to the Wassenaar Arrangement, this week's policy decisions regarding encryption are likely to influence the upcoming Wassenaar negotiations, according to David Banisar, staff attorney for the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). In preparation for the two meetings, privacy advocates are urging the OECD and Wassenaar sponsors to adopt less restrictive policies on the use of encryption software worldwide. Members of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign argue that cryptographic ciphers, essentially complex mathematical equations, should no longer be treated as a risk to global stability. A GILC statement issued last month to the 33 participating states of the Wassenaar Arrangement calls for the removal of encryption export restrictions from future revisions. .... Negotiations on the Wassenaar Arrangement are expected to take place in Vienna before the end of the year. But since US security and intelligence agencies have considerable influence at both the OECD and Wassenaar meetings, observers said that ultimately the encryption debate could be a non-issue. "It's clear to me that the administration continues to follow a policy that hampers the development of strong cryptograph ... rather than protecting human rights internationally, it hurts [the cause]," said Susan Landau, co-author of Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption. .... full text http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15478.htm relayed by Felipe Rodriquez felipe@xs4all.nl - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 1998-10-08 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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