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Article #2489Re: RSA Data Security Not All Bad
From: Perry E. Metzger
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:57
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:57
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strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes: >In article <SOWA.92Dec17133825@netcom.com> sowa@netcom.com (Erik Sowa) writes: >> >>Then the export restriction isn't protecting much, either. >> >referring to piracy of products overseas. > >I don't know if I understand him correctly, but it seems to me >that's arguing that if there are lots of thieves one shouldn't >bother with locks. Locks actually work in detering theft. Export restrictions on things that can be transported by phone line do virtually nothing. They are a joke. Unlike locks, which are successfull, such regulations succeeds only in breeding contempt for the law. -- Perry Metzger pmetzger@shearson.com -- "They can have my RSA key when they pry it from my cold dead fingers."
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security.pgp Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!shearson.com!snark!pmetzger From: pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger) Subject: Re: RSA Data Security Not All Bad Message-ID: <1992Dec18.215746.7594@shearson.com> Sender: news@shearson.com (News) Organization: /usr/local/lib/news/organization References: <1992Dec17.095122.19697@netcom.com> <SOWA.92Dec17133825@netcom.com> <1992Dec17.221652.4507@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:57:46 GMT Lines: 20