Government spins over "Sealand"

[Owen Blacker]

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And, more to the point, a territory that relies on a microwave link to
the UK for all of its connectivity.  Even point to point encryption
won't stop anyone blocking the signal...   :o)


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Owen Blacker
Senior Internet Developer and InfoSec Consultant, pres.co
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From: Jon Ribbens [mailto:jon+ukcrypto@unequivocal.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 9:55 AM
To: ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Government spins over "Sealand"


Martin Cooper <mjc@cooper.org.uk> wrote:
> I see from the Guardian today that the Home Office
> is playing fast and loose with the facts by trying
> to pretend "Sealand" is under the juristiction of the
> United Kingdom in spite of the 1968 court ruling
> recognising it to be outside the country's territory,

The impression I got from reading the sealand web page was that the
1968
court ruling simply said "well, yes, it is more than 3 miles away". It
didn't
say anything that would prevent the UK claiming ownership now that the
limit is 12 miles not 3 miles.

Also I'm not quite sure what's so secure about a territory with no
armed
forces to speak of.


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