2 July 1998

    From: "Maksim Otstavnov" <maksim@volga.net>
    To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
    Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 22:54:16 +0400
    Subject: a JIBC article

    http://www.ARRAYdev.com/commerce/JIBC/9806-19.htm

    (_France's blanket ban on the use of strong encryption_ (By Samuel Cadogan)

    ABSTRACT: Unique in the western world for it's blanket ban on the use
    of strong encryption,France also became in February '98 the first country to
    official institute a scheme of Trusted Third Parties with Key Escrow. However
    such an implementation has been far from plain sailing. It is also in
    contradiction with the choices made by it's European partners, most notably
    Germany. And finally it thwarts the emergence of a pan-european security
    industry as well as the creation of a secure and interoperable Internet
    infrastructure.)

    br,
    -- Maksim Otstavnov <maksim@volga.net> http://www.ice.ru/otstavnov/
    --   - chief, Labs of Civil & Financial Crypto
    --   - editor, "CompuNomika" monthly
    --   - maintainer of The Russian PGP HomePage