Government spins over "Sealand"

[John Doe Number Two]

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Not true.  The HavenCo folks have sattelite connectivity and are laying
fiber to both the UK and the Netherlands.

JDII

on 7.6.00 10:03, Owen Blacker at owen.blacker@pres.co.uk wrote:

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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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