Re(2): Germany Frees Crypto

Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:52:04 +0200

Just as a test, I tried the machine translation ...

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Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti 02.06.99=20

Also Schily signs; Federal Government for liberal Kryptopolitik.=20

The last weeks were for the German network municipality an exciting tim=
e.
Already three weeks ago collar Economics Minister Mueller had settled h=
is
signature under the cabinet presentation to the German Kryptopolitik. A=
lone the
signature of petrols Schily took time. There would be still "clarificat=
ion
requirement" was called it mysterious from the ministry of the Interior=
 - one
day after the window camber of Ulrich Sandl, not clarified still - the
departmental head in the collar Ministry of Economic Affairs, who had c=
reated
the cabinet presentation. Allegedly secret service co-ordinator Uhlau w=
as not
merged zureichend into the negotiations. Also there were protest faxes =
on the
part of the punishing pursuers against the presentation. Starting enoug=
h for the
surprise, which flowed in the case of some observers into deserts consp=
iracy
theories. Nevertheless there had been discussions and meetings lasting =
for
months of various working groups - and not least a drastic change of go=
vernment.
But also the new Federal Minister of the Interior was considered to las=
t as an
uncertain candidate. "Does it have now, or doesn't it have ? "the last =
code
question in the German Kryptodiskussion was. Finally the day before yes=
terday
the releasing message: "It has ! "=20

Today it is official: The Federal Cabinet referred clear placing in the=
 matter
of Kryptopolitik. The agreement negotiated between collar Ministry of E=
conomic
Affairs and Federal Ministry of the Interior puts its main interest on =
the
economic interests. Quintessential point and motive of the German polic=
y are
situated in the "improved protection German user in the world-wide info=
rmation
networks by application of probably cryptographic procedures". In the
consideration between the interests of the punishing pursuers, conditio=
n
protection and Federal Intelligence Agency, as well as who believe them=
selves by
the application of encoding in their reconnaissance work disabled the
endangerment by "illegal reconnoitering, manipulating or destroying dat=
a" - with
damages in billion level - decided the cabinet for intensified user pro=
tection
against foreign feeler gauges, Hacker and other intruders.=20

In five "corner points of the German Kryptopolitik" the development coo=
rdinates
for the next two years harden: Also in the future encoding procedures a=
nd
products without restriction may be developed, established, marketed an=
d used in
Germany. German Kryptohersteller are to be strengthened in their effici=
ency as
well as in the international competitiveness. Although the
Wassenaar-Exportregime imposes certain limitations, one abolished withi=
n the
European Union with a first revision of the EG-Dual-Use-Verordnung the
intra-Community export check for cryptographic bulk goods. The office f=
or collar
export checks at present whether the existing export inspection procedu=
res can
be simplified.=20

Important step into the information society=20
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Thomas Roessler, speakers of the "pumping association information techn=
ology and
society" (FITUG) welcomed the decision. The cabinet took thereby "an im=
portant
step into the information society". He hopes that the Federal Governmen=
t
advocates now "also in the international limit - for example with the
Wassenaar-Verhandlungen - a free world-wide Exportierbarkeit of cryptog=
raphic
products at least for the frame market. The Federal Government wants to=
 pump
also the "previously only low awareness of the users" in the future. A =
first
step was already taken for this by the initiative for "safety in the In=
ternet".=20

The Kryptodebatte, which assumed ideological trains in the last years s=
ometimes,
is not completed yet however with the signatures under the cabinet pres=
entation.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior granted itself a temporal reservat=
ion:
After two years a report is to be submitted, in which is to be evaluate=
d, to
which extent the abuse of Kryptoverfahren for illegal purposes takes pl=
ace. At
the same time however also the technical configuration of the criminal
investigation and police authorities is to be improved. Thomas Roessler=
 sees
therein a reorientation:=20

"The decision of the Federal Government for an evaluation of the actual=

influence of procedures for the confidentiality protection on the prose=
cution
shows that the Federal Government refrained from the partly paralysing
Kryptodebatte of the last years."=20

Germany does not go a national special way with its Kryptopolitik. Only=
 two
weeks ago the g8 working group "High Tech criminality" in Paris decided=
 to carry
out an evaluation study in each state. Among other things the following=

questions are to be answered: In how much cases do punishing pursuers d=
iscover
with searchings and seizings encoded material ? To what extent the clar=
ification
of criminal offences prevented by the use of encoding procedures ? In o=
ne year
already results are to be present. If then the debate starts again arou=
nd an
adjustment of encoding procedures, she will be able to refer to strong
experiences and no more only to fears.=20

The corner points in detail:=20
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1. The Federal Government does not intend to limit the free availabilit=
y of
encoding products in Germany. She sees a crucial condition for the data=
 security
of the citizens, for the development of the electronic course of busine=
ss as
well as for the protection of company secrets in the applying of safe e=
ncoding.
The Federal Government becomes therefore the distribution of safe encod=
ing in
Germany actively supported. Among it in particular pumping the security=

awareness ranks with the citizens, the economy and the administration. =

2. The Federal Government aims at strengthening the confidence of the u=
sers into
the safety of the encoding. Measures therefore taking, in order to crea=
te a
confidence limit for safe encoding, in particular by it the Ueberpruefb=
arkeit of
encoding products on its safety functions improves and the use of check=
ed
products recommends.=20

3. The Federal Government considers the ability of German manufacturers=
 for
reasons of the safety of state, economics and society for the developme=
nt and
manufacture of safe and efficient encoding products unrenouncable. It w=
ill take
measures, in order to strengthen the international competitiveness of t=
his
sector.=20

4. The legal powers of the criminal investigation and police authoritie=
s may not
be eroded by the distribution of strong encoding procedures for
telecommunication monitoring. The responsible Federal Ministries will t=
herefore
keep an eye further attentively and will report the development after t=
he end of
two years for this. Independently of it the Federal Government advocate=
s in the
limit of its possibilities the improvement of the technical competences=
 of the
criminal investigation and police authorities.=20

5. The Federal Government attaches big importance to the international
cooperation in the area of the encoding politics. She enters for open s=
tandards
developed at the market and interoperable systems and will advocate the=

strengthening of the multilateral and bilateral cooperation.=20

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