Dutch Government wants to regulate strong cryptography

[Remco]

On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 22:43:46 +0200 (MET DST), Johan Wevers said:

> 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.

Could or would, that's the question......

>  > Is there such a thing as a 'backdoor' in GPG?
>  Of course not. Check the source if you don't believe me.

Right! ;-)

Even when I would have the time, it's probably too complicated for me. Will
check though, in due time (when I'm 50 and retired :-))

>  > 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.

Eeeeehhhh, Ai Don't Know?  A Dumb Kwestion? 

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