Re: Australia next to ban PGP

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From: Ian or Katts
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 00:00

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On 14 Aug 1995, Mr J Cameron wrote:

> GuyD@world.net wrote:
> 
> [stuff about cyptography ban deleted]
> 
> :       ******* And now for the juicy bit ********
> 
> : It is a fact that Telstra had a software development project in
> : progress in early 1995, who's aim is to monitor and log phone connections
> : through their exchanges, to determine:-
> :   a) Which calls are voice, and which are modem.
> :   b) If modem, what baud rate and protocol.
> :   c) Given (b), to determine whether the link is using encryption.
> :   d) Lastly, given a positive (c), to attempt to analyse what _sort_
> :      of encryption it is.
> 

My guess is so that they can time-charge modems, but without 
time-charging voice. This means that they can get more revenue, without 
risking the political firestorm that timed local calls would bring.

Ian Whitchurch

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From: Ian or Katts <ianw@juicer.magna.com.au>
Subject: Re: Australia next to ban PGP
Date: 1995/08/20
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