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Re: [NEWS] FBI To Require ISPs To Reconfigure E-mail Systems (fwd)


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:49:36 -0400

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 13:40:45 PDT, Larry Diffey <ldiffey () technologyforward com>  said:

Criminals, terrorists and other evildoers think about and say,
"Hmmm......since the FBI might monitor the email that passes through our
ISP, let's set up our own mail servers outside of our ISP and communicate

And some people also believe that crypto with government back doors will
actually make a difference too....

"Those who would trade freedom for security will wind up with neither." I
forget who said it and I don't feel like looking it up.

Ben Franklin, I believe, and I think he said "deserve neither".
-- 
                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech


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