Re: Nevada's mandatory encryption law

["Basgen, Brian" <bbasgen () PIMA EDU>]

Oh Valdis, you ask for far too much! :)

“Encryption” means the use of any protective or disruptive measure, including, without limitation, cryptography, 
enciphering, encoding or a computer contaminant, to:
      1.  Prevent, impede, delay or disrupt access to any data, information, image, program, signal or sound;
      2.  Cause or make any data, information, image, program, signal or sound unintelligible or unusable; or
      3.  Prevent, impede, delay or disrupt the normal operation or use of any component, device, equipment, system or 
network.
      (Added to NRS by 1999, 2704)

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Nrs/NRS-205.html#NRS205Sec4742

 That is borderline comical. But alas, it is a step in the right direction.

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Brian Basgen
Information Security
Pima Community College

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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Nevada's mandatory encryption law

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:31:27 PDT, "Basgen, Brian" said:

>       (a) "Encryption" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.4742.

I don't have that handy - does that definition rule out rot-13 and the
even more secure double-rot-13, and similar kiddy-krypto?