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David Maddison (maddison@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au) wrote:

: I wrote a letter to Steve Orlowski at the AG's Department and he wrote me a
: reply. He has given me permission to repost this letter to the 'Net for
: discussion. 

: Here it is....



: From STEVE.ORLOWSKI@AG.ausgovag.telememo.au Thu Aug 17 17:59 EST 1995
: <headers deleted>
: Subject: CRYPTOGRAPHY
: <headers deleted>

...


: Regarding the use of higher level encryption, the paper supports the concept of
: commercial key escrow where organisations hold their own keys but may be
: required to provide them in response to a court order.  the same would apply to
: individuals who could either hold there own keys or store them with a
: commercial body.  Access to those keys would be by court order and in that
: respect is no different to existing procedures for the interception or seizure
: of telephone conversations or paper records.  There is no suggestion that these
: basic principles, and protection of individual's rights in general, should be
: changed

Oh, and where do you suppose the keys to his house are escrowed today?
Or the keys to his car?  Or the combination to his gym locker?  Or to
his bank's vault?

...

: Yours sincerely




: Steve Orlowski

Ken

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