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In article <921108201101.251385@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL>, WHMurray@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL writes:
> 
> Dorothy Denning asks us to consider the following question:
> 
>>Do we really want a society where electronic communications cannot
>>ever be broken when there is good reason to believe some major threat
>>against society is being planned?
> 
> I suppose that she asks it sincerely, as though it were relevant.  
> 
> Of course it is not.  For better or worse, we already live in such a 
> world.  There is absolutely nothing in the proposals of the government
> or Dr. Denning that will change that. 
> 
> The question is do those of good will surrender the right to private
> communications in the name of a futile attempt to prevent those of ill
> will from having them?  Even if it would work, I would answer no.  Given 
> that it will not work, it is so silly that one wonders why it is raised
> at all.  Is it any wonder that one is made suspicious of the intentions
> of those that would make such proposals?  Even if the FBI were free from
> their record of abuse, I would still be suspicious of their motives.
> 
> I suspect that Dr. Denning is misled by the goodwill of the people with
> whom she works.  While I respect the integrity of the individual members 
> of the FBI and NSA with whom I work, my experience tells me that it is 
> not sufficient to protect me from the inertia and momentum of the 
> institutions.  The direction of these is at least oblique to the 
> intention of my friends that make them up.
> 
> I stand with Perry Metzger.  They can have my RSA key when they remove
> it from my gold tooth (where I plan to put it as soon as the technology
> permits.  In the meantime, they will play hell finding it (them)).
> 
> William Hugh Murray, Executive Consultant, Information System Security
> 49 Locust Avenue, Suite 104, New Canaan, Connecticut 06840                
> 203 966 4769, WHMurray at DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL


	Thanks William, This is just what I wanted to say.

	Let me add that at this period of human history we have the lowest
ability to keep our personal actions and communications from the 'governments'
than anytime ever. For DaVinchi just writing backwards was enough. A simple
cypher worked for the Ceasars, Face to face through a messenger was good for
Kings, Barons and merchants in the past. But now through technology (think of
Enigma) our ability to keep to ourselves has eroded to only face to face in
with great care. RSA is needed.

regards, Ethan