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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>2. The restrictions on encryption were
removed some years ago. The best encryption software comes from outside the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> anyway so
it was always a pointless exercise in futility.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Unless a vulnerability is found in 256 bit
AES it would take them longer than the ages of the universe to crack a key by
brute force no matter how many terraflops of power they have to task on your
key (not to mention the many others they might want to crack)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>3. Filtering content is not quite the same
as signing code and pretending it comes from Microsoft. Such a piece of code would
have a changed checksum would likely be spotted and then analysed. I can’t
see Microsoft doing that unless required by law.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>4. TPM is part of the trusted computing
concept. It just makes it much harder. Not impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
owner-or-talk@freehaven.net [mailto:owner-or-talk@freehaven.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ringo Kamens<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 14 May 2006 18:31<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> or-talk@freehaven.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Some legal trouble
with TOR in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>There are a few key points that you are overlooking.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>1. In support of the photocopying money scandal, most printers have
yellow dots imprinted on them that track date printed, serial number, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2. By <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
export law, US companies are not allowed to export encryption larger than 56
bit (although it might have jumped to 128 a few years ago), unless it has been <strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">certified by the government. </font></b></strong>That
means unless it has a backdoor. Plus, governments have thousands of teraflops
of idle computer cycles waiting to crack your keys. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>3. How can you honestly think Microsoft wouldn't bend over for the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> government.
They bent over for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Look at PGP. They moved to closed source after version 6.0 with no valid
reason. The reason is probably the government. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>4. In terms of using checksums to ensure your system hasn't been
tampered with, the computer hardware could have a defense system against that
such as trusted computing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ringo Kamens<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 5/14/06, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Mike
Zanker</span></b> <<a href="mailto:mike@zanker.org">mike@zanker.org</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 14/5/06 15:10, Tony wrote:<br>
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> <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nb-</st1:place></st1:State>
failure to disclose keys is up to two years in prison. Not 10. <br>
><br>
> (5) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable-<br>
><br>
> (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term
not<br>
> exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both; <br>
> (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding<br>
> six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.<br>
<br>
Furthermore, that's part III of RIPA which hasn't been enacted yet. <br>
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Mike.<br>
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