Encryption Controls - A Psychological Battle?

[Ross Anderson]

Brian, on export controls and keylength restrictions:

> MORE IMPORTANTLY, they create the ***perception*** that products at
> 56/64 bits are useless and not even worth deploying.

I have for years taken the view that give a choice between key escrow
and 40-bit keys, we should choose the latter.

They simply preserve the status quo, namely that the government can
open anybody's mail, but it cannot open everybody's mail.

Ross