A proper law

[Brian Gladman]

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From: "Owen Lewis" <oml@sysrx.uk.com>
To: <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 5:17 PM
Subject: RE: A proper law


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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> > [mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk]On Behalf Of Brian Gladman
> > Sent: 06 March 2003 14:29
> > To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: A proper law
> >
> >
> > From: "Owen Lewis" <oml@sysrx.uk.com>
> > To: <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:09 PM
> > Subject: RE: A proper law
> >
> > [snip]
> > > > > But I very much agree with your view that there is no evidence to
> > > > > suggest that the availability of strong encryption is
> > 'causing the sky
> > > > > to fall in'. After seeking such evidence on a worlwide
> > basis it seems
> > > > > that we have only a very small number of cases where encryption
has
> > > > > even been an issue and fewer still where encryption has resulted
in
> > > > > law enforcement failures.
> > >
> > > I am not at all sure how one might derive satisfactory evidence in
this
> > > regard.
> >
> > I am satisfied with the credentials of those who have sought and
presented
> > evidence on this issue.
> >
> > And my opinion, based on their work, is that current evidence does not
> > justify the need for GAK as an aid to law enforcement.
>
> Thank you. Are you able to point me to the published sources on which you
> rely?

The principal reference is:

http://www.cs.georgetown.edu/~denning/crypto/cases.html

This is a bit old now but my guess is that it is still a reasonable summary
of the position.

There are a few other more recent comments in the papers that Dorothy
Denning has published here:

http://www.cs.georgetown.edu/~denning/publications.html

but these are not as focussed as that above.

Dorothy Denning's papers are always worth reading.

    Brian Gladman