1 July 1998

    Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 14:03:15 +0200
    From: q/depesche <depesche@quintessenz.at>
    To: quintessenz-list@quintessenz.at
    Subject: CAMPAIGN: Krypto/Software und Wassenaar Arrangement

    q/depesche 98.7.1/2

    CAMPAIGN: Krypto/Software und Wasseanaar Arrangement

    Thema:
    Das Wassenaar Arrangement führt auf seiner Liste zur Exportbeschränkung
    für dual use goods auch Kryptographie Software an.

    Damit fallen Programme, die zum Schutz der Privatsphäre & des Bürgerrechts
    auf vertraulichen Briefverkehr in modernen Zeiten unerlässlich sind, unter
    die Regelung durch einen internationalen Vertrag, der seinem Sinn nach zur
    Verhinderung des Exports von Teilen für Massen/vernichtungs/waffen
    entstanden ist.

    Kategorischer Nexus/imperativ:
    Dieser Umstand ist ein zu ändernder, zumindest ist dies zu probieren.

    Action:
    Die Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC) diskutiert darüber.

       http://www.gilc.org

    Full text:
    Wassenaar Arrangement on request. Later 2day available on ftp.

    See below:
    Ein roundup vom Stand der Informationen rund um Wassenaar:

    Quelle gilc-plan@gilc.org, posted 13.18 (GMT plus 2.00)

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    Dear GILCers,

    Talked 2 Mr Anonymous of Vienna Wassenaar Office 2day. Says: He is
    Canadian & was crypto expert 2 Canadian Government in the last five years.
    Anybody know him? He and another Wassenaar Office guy I talked 2 are
    pretty diplomatical & top/neutral - closed oysters.

    What other sources say: Top Theme in the expert sessions is nuclear
    non/proliferation, India & Pakistan are overshadowing all. Not only in
    Wassenaar groups but also in OECD expert meetings the Crypto theme is
    always simmering & ready to cook up again if there is a cause. Then
    internal discussions start again whether cryptography software products
    should be removed from the non/proliferation lists. There are always
    voices inside being pro 2 a liberal solution.

    As to Marc Rotenbergs (EPIC) argument (see quote below) sceptical 2 the
    possibilty of getting Cryptography Software off the non-proliferation list
    - agree 2 some extent. I am not sure if that should be the only goal we
    strive for. If we ride a campaign we obviously must talk 2 those
    officials 2 get informed. If we talk 2 them we confront them with our
    arguments. This could inspire some voices inside the said gremia (c above)

    Michael Baker (EFA) has already pointed out a basic strategy.

    Wassenaar/Crypto is a case destined 4 GILC/action. If we can "gilc" them
    we can only win.

    update 2 come

    cu

    Erich

    Looking up Wassenaar.org

    If you contact http://www.wassenaar.org please be careful. Very long
    loading frontpage featuring 33 proudly waving animated national flags.
    Macs running O.S. 7.6.higher plus Netscape have been shot.

    Wassenaar.org webmaster was not amused when I told him ;-)

    Reading the present Wassenaar Arrangement:

    For anyone who has some technical knowledge in one of the quoted fields
    of HF-Technology namely broadcast, Satellite uplinking, or GSM
    commmunications W/Arrangement is fun to read. The other way round it says
    pretty exactly what kind of frequencies & hardware communications military
    warfare professionals use. I am sure everbody who wants 2 already has the
    document. It is http://www.jya.com

    For quick European ftp downloads I will put it on a ftp later this day.

    Marc Rotenberg wrote: There is, of course, the practical question of
    whether there is any real prospect of dropping crypto controls from
    Wassenaar. Most of the recent concern has focused on preserving the mass
    market exception. We also have to consider that many of the participants
    in the Wassenaar process are from the intelligence community and not
    generally subject to traditional forms of political accountability.

    Michael Baker wrote before: To run a successful Wassenaar crypto lobbying
    campaign we need a strategy and people on the ground.  More on people on
    the ground below.  As for strategy, the object should be to have crypto
    removed from the list of dual-use technologies.  To achieve this we should
    organise a lobby of politicians and bureaucrats in each of the Wassenaar
    Arrangement participating countries.  It would help if we had a campaign
    co-ordinator in each country.  More on organisations which might provide
    a co-ordinator & support below.

    We should also have briefing materials, which idealy should be translated
    in to the languages of each of the countries.  Some of the briefing
    materials would be for each contry's campaign co-ordinator and campaign
    staff.  Such material would suggest how to run the campaign, who to lobby,
    how to identify them, and what to say to them.  The remainder of the
    briefing materials would be to present to the politicians and bureaucrats
    explaining why crypto should be removed from the dual-use list.

    If/when we get organised in each country we could also organise a global
    action alert, asking people to contact their politicians and identified
    bureaucrats to remove crypto from the dual-use list.

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