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Date: 1998-12-14
Free Crypto: Neue globale Campaign-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- updating 98.12.9/1 Free Crypto: Neue globale Campaign Wie von damit befassten, offziellen Stellen verlautet, kann es März oder April 98 werden, bis die Änderungen im Wassenaar-Vertrag EU-weit implementiert werden. Zeit genug also, um eine neue, globale Kampagne aufzuziehen, die der Verbreitung sicherer Krypto-Software dient. Die Vorarbeiten werden gegen Ende dieser Woche abgeschlossen sein. http://www.efa.org.au http://www.freecrypto.org http://jya.com/crypto-free.htm http://www.quintessenz.at/freecrypto.html -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- New Encryption Controls Condemned 14th December 1998 Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today condemned the recently announced revision of an international protocol which placed new restrictions on the availability of privacy-enhancing tools for electronic communication. On the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 33 nations, including Australia, bowed to US demands to restrict the export of cryptography software, tools which are often used by human rights organisations such as Amnesty to inform the world of atrocities committed by repressive governments. The Wassenaar Arrangement, which was originally established in 1996 to control the export of strategic military weapons, has now extended its scope to include mass market encryption tools, in a move that has been greeted with widespread disapproval. EFA spokesperson Greg Taylor said, "Cryptography controls have been universally condemned by privacy advocates, industry groups, and professional bodies for many years. At a time when there was an expectation that common sense might finally prevail, the world's cold warriors have met in closed session in Vienna to rebuff their many critics and to extend existing controls to commonly available commercial products." .... "Cryptography is not a weapon", Mr. Taylor said. "It is a defensive tool that is a necessary element in resisting information warfare attacks. By agreeing to US demands, Australia's Wassenaar delegation has tacitly accepted that restrictions should be placed on Australian citizens, who will continue to be deprived of access to many high-strength security products, particularly from the USA. The controls defy rational analysis", he said, "because high quality strong crypto products are freely available in the public domain. The real reasons behind such controls can only be speculated upon." Predictably the Internet community has responded to this latest threat of enhanced global surveillance by demonstrating that mathematics cannot be banned. Websites are now springing up around the world making available high-strength security products for downloading. "EFA will now be stepping up its public awareness campaign on cryptography restrictions," said EFA Chair Kim Heitman. "Politicians generally are only too happy to leave this controversial issue to Defence Department bureaucrats. At a time when governments are preaching the benefits of electronic commerce, it is incredible that security tools should be restricted. .... full text http://www.efa.org.au/Publish/PR981214.html Neu: HTML Version des Wassenaar Arrangements http://www.fitug.de/news/wa/index.html -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 1998-12-14 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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