From shadow@netcom.com Wed Jun 15 15:45:08 1994 Received: from fnord.tlg.org by fido.wps.com (8.6.5/wps.com-hackery) id IAA24253; Wed, 15 Jun 1994 08:44:51 -0700 Received: from netcom.netcom.com by fnord.tlg.org (8.6.5/wps.com-hackery) id IAA06664; Wed, 15 Jun 1994 08:44:13 -0700 Received: by netcom.netcom.com (8.6.8.1/Netcom) id IAA06857; Wed, 15 Jun 1994 08:42:30 -0700 Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 08:42:30 -0700 Message-Id: <199406151542.IAA06857@netcom.netcom.com> To: steiner@netcom.com, wjones@igc.apc.org, tburghardt@igc.apc.org, virginia@ella.mills.edu, deke@fido.wps.com, kay9bee@aol.com, sashar@igc.apc.org, sciww@fido.wps.com, resist@igc.apc.org Subject: [Forwarded: Tell Congress to Allow Encryption E] From: shadow@netcom.com (Moonshadow) Reply-To: shadow@netcom.com X-Status: Status: OR Hi all ......... I snagged the following off PEACENET and would like to suggest that each of us send letters/faxes, or make phone calls, in support of Representative Cantwell's bill. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! .........Cynthia /* Written 3:33 PM Jun 10, 1994 by gsears in igc:ideas */ /* ---------- "Tell Congress to Allow Encryption E" ---------- */ From: Geoff Sears Subject: Tell Congress to Allow Encryption Export Hi Everyone! IGC very rarely takes a position on pending legislation; as a non-profit, we cannot dedicate a very significant proportion of our budget to lobbying legislators and attempting to influence legislation ; and, we generally prefer to serve the environmental, human rights and social justice communities, and not take positions ourselves. However, data encryption and computer networks is a topic that we know quite a bit about, and we do have an opinion here. The following has been prepared by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, itself a non-profit organization, and we agree fully with it. - geoff (Geoff Sears, Executive Director, IGC) >Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 15:26:03 -0400 >From: gnu@eff.org (John Gilmore) >Subject: URGENT: Please Tell Congress to Allow Encryption Export >Reply-To: ask@eff.org (rather than send us email please fax +1 202 225 1991) >Precedence: list >To: eff-activists@eff.org (eff-activists mailing list) > > House Intelligence Committee holds key to Crypto Export > ask@eff.org June 9, 1994 *DISTRIBUTE WIDELY* > >Today, the U.S. State Department controls the export of most >encryption, working closely with the National Security Agency (NSA) to >limit products that provide real privacy, from cell-phones to PC >software. A bill introduced by Rep. Maria Cantwell would instead give >authority over non-military crypto exports to the Commerce Department. >Commerce has much more reasonable regulations, with "First >Amendment"-style unlimited publishing of publicly available software, >including PGP, Kerberos, RIPEM, RSAREF, and mass-market commercial >software. The bill also prevents the Commerce Dept. from tightening >the regulations even if NSA somehow gets its tentacles into Commerce. > >A few months ago, you-all sent over 5600 messages to Rep. Cantwell in >support of her bill, H.R. 3627. As a result, on May 18, the bill >passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee by being incorporated into >the Export Administration Act of 1994, H.R. 3937. > >Now the battle has become more intense. This portion of H.R. 3937 has >been referred to the House Intelligence Committee with the intent to >kill or severely maim it. We need your help again, to urge the >Intelligence Committee to keep crypto export liberalization intact. > >The House and Senate Intelligence Committees, the only watchdogs for >the NSA, tend to follow the agency's wishes when they wave the magic >"national security" wand. They need plenty of input from the public >that tells them that the nation will be *more* secure with good >encryption, even though the NSA will be less happy. > >Not just computer users, but all users of telephones, cable TV, health >care, and credit information systems would benefit from this change. >The security of these applications is built on the foundation laid by >the operating systems and network protocols on which they run. If >this bill is passed, you will see high quality encryption built into >Microsoft Windows, into the MacOS, into major Unix workstations, into >the Internet, into cellular phones, into interactive television. The >software already exists for confidentiality, privacy, and security of >local and networked information, but it's not built-in to these >systems because of the export ban. Today, each company could build >two operating systems, one gutted for international use, but this >would be costly and confusing for them and their customers, and would >not allow international networks such as the Internet or telephones to >be made secure and private. With this bill, these limits disappear. > >Furthermore, the Clinton Administration plans to permit high volume >exports of Clipper products, while continuing to require tedious >paperwork for truly secure encryption products. The bill would give >Clipper and other crypto software more even-handed treatment. > >The bill also eliminates a senseless situation on the Internet. >Today, crypto software can only be freely distributed from non-U.S. >archive sites. It would eliminate that problem as well as the threat >of prosecution against U.S. freeware authors of crypto software. > >This is the dream we've all been working toward. Here's how you can >help to make this dream a reality. The Intelligence Committee must >make its decision on the bill before June 17, so time is critical: > >1) Fax a short letter TODAY to the chair of the Intelligence >Committee, Representative Dan Glickman (D-KS). Ask him in your own >words to leave the encryption provisions of H.R. 3937 intact. Use a >positive tone ("Please support...") rather than a flame or a rant. >One paragraph is fine. State your title and organization if you will >look more important or better informed than the average citizen. Rep. >Glickman's committee fax number is +1 202 225 1991. This is the best >option, since individual letters are given the most weight by members >of Congress, particularly when sent on letterhead paper. > >2) If you are unable to fax a letter, send an e-mail message to Rep. >Glickman at glickman@eff.org. Software or staff at the Electronic >Frontier Foundation will either fax it in, or print it out and >hand-deliver it for you. > >3) Send a copy of this message to everyone you know in Kansas, and >personally urge them to write to Rep. Glickman today. Letters from >constituents get a lot more weight, since they are from people who >could actually vote for or against him in the next election. > >4) If your own Representative is on the Intelligence Committee, send >him or her a copy of what you sent Rep. Glickman. There's a list of all >such Reps. below. Even if we lose this battle, you will have started >educating your own Rep. about crypto policy. > >5) Become a member of EFF. Our strength comes from our members' strength. >Send a note to membership@eff.org asking how to join. > >Thanks again for your help! You can check at any time on the current >status of the campaign at the location below. Send any comments on >this campaign to campaign@eff.org. > > >John Gilmore >Chairman, EFF Crypto Committee >EFF Board of Directors >Member of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility >Member of International Association for Cryptologic Research > > >House Intelligence Committee Members >------------------------------------ > >Subcommittee phone: +1 202 225 4121 >Subcommittee fax: +1 202 225 1991 <== send your fax HERE <== > >p st name phone fax >___________________________________________________________________________ >D KS Glickman, Daniel +1 202 225 6216 private Chair >D WA Dicks, Norman D. +1 202 225 5916 +1 202 226 1176 >D CA Dixon, Julian C. +1 202 225 7084 +1 202 225 4091 >D NJ Torricelli, Robert +1 202 224 5061 +1 202 225 0843 >D TX Coleman, Ronald D. +1 202 225 4831 +1 202 225 4831 >D CO Skaggs, David E. +1 202 225 2161 +1 202 225 9127 >D NV Bilbray, James H. +1 202 225 5965 +1 202 225 8808 >D CA Pelosi, Nancy +1 202 225 4965 +1 202 225 8259 >D TX Laughlin, Gregory H. +1 202 225 2831 +1 202 225 1108 >D AL Cramer Jr, Robert (Bud) +1 202 225 4801 private >D RI Reed, John F. +1 202 225 2735 +1 202 225 9580 >D MO Gephardt, Richard A. +1 202 225 2671 +1 202 225 7452 >R TX Combest, Larry +1 202 225 4005 +1 202 225 9615 >R NE Bereuter, Douglas +1 202 225 4806 +1 202 226 1148 >R CA Dornan, Robert K. +1 202 225 2965 +1 202 225 3694 >R FL Young, C. W. (Bill) +1 202 225 5961 +1 202 225 9764 >R PA Gekas, George W. +1 202 225 4315 +1 202 225 8440 >R UT Hansen, James V. +1 202 225 0453 +1 202 225 5857 >R CA Lewis, Jerry +1 202 225 5861 +1 202 225 6498 >R IL Michel, Robert H. +1 202 225 6201 +1 202 225 9461 > >The full text of this alert is stored at: > > ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/export.alert > gopher.eff.org, 1/Alerts, export.alert > http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/export.alert > BBS (+1 202 638 6120, 8N1): "Alerts" file area, export.alt > >The actual text of this part of H.R. 3937 is at: > > ftp: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/ITAR_export/hr3937_crypto.excerpt > gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Policy/Crypto/ITAR_export, hr3937_crypto.excerpt > http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/ITAR_export/hr3937_crypto.excerpt > BBS: "Privacy--Crypto" file area, hr3937.crp > >For current status on the bill: > > ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/export_alert.update > gopher.eff.org, 1/Alerts, export_alert.update > http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/export_alert.update > BBS: "Alerts" file area, export.upd > >A general Web page on crypto export policy is at: > > http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/export.html > > >