Dutch Government wants to regulate strong cryptography

[Johan Wevers]

Remco wrote:

> yep, also have a look at http://www.security.nl/artikel.php3?id=2414 
> (article on the same subject in Dutch)

Ach, wel, you know (should know) how this will go here. A lot shouting from
politicians who want to get some airtime, and then it's over. And even if it
became law, noone would enforce it.

> What would this mean for GPG, the use of GPG and the implementation of GPG?

If they only make laws about nTTP's (not-Trusted Third Parties) none.

> Is there such a thing as a 'backdoor' in GPG?

Of course not. Check the source if you don't believe me.

> What encryption methodes do the TTP's use

Probably the same as pgp/gpg also uses.

> and how would they be able to build in a backdoor

There are several methods for that. The most straightforward one would be
to use an ADK.

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