[FYI] (Fwd) FC: U.K. lawsuit may restrict Cambridge Univ' encryption research

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

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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-985545.html

    Crypto research under fire in U.K. suit
    By Declan McCullagh
    February 21, 2003, 11:34 AM PT

    A lawsuit over possibly fraudulent withdrawals from cash machines
    in London could gag academic research into the vulnerabilities of
    banks' cryptographic systems.

    South Africa's branch of Citibank, which is investigating about
    $80,000 in disputed withdrawals, has asked London's High Court of
    Justice to take testimony starting on March 3 from a team of
    scientists from the University of Cambridge. The researchers fear
    that Citibank's proposed secrecy order would restrict future
    explorations into bank security systems.

    [...]




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