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Article #2331Re: PGP as a World Standard
From: David Sternlight
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:30
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:30
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Paul Leyland posts a good suggestion if the existence of my key in Bontchev's key file were a crime to be remedied. It is not. It is an inconvenience to Vesselin, according to his posts, and he thinks an inconvenience to others. What is more, I did not export my key, someone took it outside the US. Using Vesselin's own arguments, there's nothing illegal about my key circulating outside the U.S. As I read the section of the Munitions Act I quoted much earlier, there's even nothing illegal about exporting keys (though I didn't). It's the software, algorithms, flowcharts that are mentioned in the regulation. Thus for me to use PGP in the U.S. to revoke the key (which I assert would be a violation), would be committing a violation in order to cure an inconvenience that isn't illegal. Anyone who wishes to remove my key from his key ring as a result of this correspondence may do so. If they fear there's some 'real' Sternlight lurking somewhere who is being spoofed by this message, that's got to be their problem, not mine. -- David Sternlight RIPEM key on server
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security.pgp Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!strnlght From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) Subject: Re: PGP as a World Standard Message-ID: <1992Dec23.183008.18846@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <bontchev.725034641@fbihh> <1992Dec22.193145.15016@netcom.com> <PCL.92Dec23101451@rhodium.ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:30:08 GMT Lines: 25