[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Frank Sudia's proposal: Let's revive encryption key

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:51:10 -0400
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From:           	"R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
Subject:        	FC: Frank Sudia's proposal: Let's revive encryption key escrow

Hoo boy...

In light of the following, it's getting harder and harder to imagine
that Kawika Daguio, Eric Hughes and Frank Sudia all tried to start up
an open-source financial software consulting company a little while
ago...

Of course, the idea of a patent pool, in the case of internet bearer
patents (blind signatures, etc.,) anyway, is not a new one in the
cryptographic business.

Nobody's gotten a chance to try it, much less see if it will fly,
though. The irony meter pegs all over the place...

Cheers,
RAH

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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:04:20 -0400
To: politech@politechbot.com
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: FC: Frank Sudia's proposal: Let's revive encryption key
escrow Cc: fsudia@home.com, frank@sudialab.com Sender:
owner-politech@politechbot.com Reply-To: declan@well.com

Frank Sudia's bio says that he is a programmer, a lawyer, a public
policy analyst, and a co-founder of the CertCo encryption company,
formerly part of Bankers Trust. He is also the creator of the "Bankers
Trust Corporate Key Escrow System."

His paper (see the link below)  is a suggestion for a route for
Congress to take if they "decided to require all encryption systems to
be readable by authorized legal authorities."

-Declan

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From: "Frank Sudia" <fsudia@home.com>
Saturday: September 15, 2001 02:14 AM
To:   <info@security-policy.org>
       <mailbox@gregg.senate.gov>
       "Dorothy Denning" <denning@cs.cosc.georgetown.edu>
       "Stewart Baker" <SBaker@steptoe.com>
Subject:  Encryption and the Restoration of National Sovereignty

Dear Policy Professional,

In response to the Attack on America, I have drawn upon my extensive
work in secure banking systems, key escrow systems, and patent
licensing to bring you the following white paper (about 10 pages of
text).

Frank W. Sudia, JD, "Encryption and the Restoration of National
Sovereignty: Proposal for an Escrow Patent Pool Corporation,"
September 14, 2001.

     http://www.sudialab.com/sov-eppc.htm.

While at Bankers Trust (1991-98) I designed one of the largest
encryption systems in the world, the Global Trust Organization. 
Chartered in 1999 as Identrus LLC (www.identrus.com) it now includes
50 of the world's largest banks.

In my view, encryption policy options are poorly understood.  The
power of government to protect the nation should not be in doubt, yet
the debate has been skewed by the claims of opponents that such
systems will not or cannot work.

In reality, it would be straightforward to build a system that is much
more secure than the current banking system.  However, this has not
been done, and cannot be done, because complex patent problems must be
resolved.

Before anything serious and believable can ever be built, even on a
test basis, we must aggregate the required patents into product pools,
using government money and eminent domain powers, if necessary.  And
we must fund the development of prototypes.  Only after viability has
been established can the commercial sector move forward with products
that are highly secure and credible.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.  If you
are a contact or friend of mine, I would appreciate comments, which
will be acknowledged in any future version.

Regards,
Frank Sudia

www.SudiaLab.com
415-648-7415




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world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon,
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