IE Frees Crypto
John Young
jya at pipeline.com
Thu Jul 2 04:26:04 PDT 1998
Source: http://go2.guardian.co.uk/paper.html
Thanks to IB
The Guardian Online, Microfile, July 2, 1998
ANNOUNCING the most liberal national policy yet on
the encoding of data sent over the Internet, the Irish
government last week showed it has every intention
of being an international centre for electronic commerce.
Ireland listened to its many resident technology companies,
rather than bowing to pressure from the US, which wants
access to encrypted messages. Ireland places no
restrictions on the use, import or export of encryption
products. Individuals can choose to offer a plain text
version of the encrypted document or hand over a key,
if a search warrant is proffered. The document was
released to coincide with the Irish visit of President
Clintons Internet tsar, senior trade advisor Ira Magaziner,
who hinted that his views on encryption diverge from
those of his boss. "Within the next year, therell be such
an availability of high-level encryption that the market
will take over," he said.
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