RE: California State Bill SB1386

From: Jonathan A. Zdziarski (jonathan@networkdweebs.com)
Date: 03/24/03

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    From: "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" <jonathan@networkdweebs.com>
To: "'Steve Zenone'" <zenone@cats.ucsc.edu>, <incidents@securityfocus.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:01:56 -0500

    > the fundamental question of what defines encryption, so far as

    The question is not what defines encryption but what defines
    unencryption...plain text that is...if enough information has been
    transmitted that it could be reasonably converted into plain text, it should
    be reported...the bill was probably written this specific way to avoid a
    debate about what encryption is. It doesn't seem to matter what method you
    use...the question is whether or not it can be reasonably converted to plain
    text. If ROT-13 was used, that's reasonable... if a high-bit key was used,
    is only reasonable if the key was also stolen or if there is reason to
    believe enough information got out to launch a reasonable cryptanalysis.

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