Netintercept and SSH Decryption

[Jason Clinton]

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Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

| On Thursday 20 November 2003 02:34 pm, Jason Clinton wrote:
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|> Are you claiming that /all/ encryption cracking software is now
|> illegal?
|
| I've seen several articles that claim exactly that.  Mind you,
| someone still has to prosecute, but all encryption cracking is at
| least potentially illegal now.

I don't know. I suppose I understand your logic on how someone might
attempt to take advantage of the DMCA in this way but it hasn't happened
yet. Cracking encryption to obtain data which is then used to gain
unauthorized entry or commit fraud is already illegal -- that's very
established. It would be a big jump in interpretation of law to say that
I cannot crack any encrypted data that _I_ own the copyright to. This is
what I'm hearing you two claim. Corporation claims the copyright to any
data originating on their network.

If I cannot crack data that I own, it would the virtual end of security
research. We could probably kiss any dreams of secure quantum encryption
goodbye.

Look, I don't like the idea of corporations snooping around in my
traffic any more than the next guy but rights are rights and we can't be
selective about who gets to enjoy them. As long as law states that
corporations can claim ownership of the data you transmit from their
network, I don't see any way around this issue.

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