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"If
you ever wondered how a particular computer technology could attract the
interest of the directors of three intelligence agencies, the heavyweights
in the computer industry, a gang of programmers turned freedom fighters,
and the President of the United States, you need look no farther than
Building in Big Brother. This book outlines the next civil liberties
battle in the United States."
- Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
"One-stop-shopping for even
the most sophisticated analyst of the policy wars over cryptography."
- A. Michael Froomkin, Associate Professor of Law, University
of Miami Law School
"Lance Hoffman has compiled
an extraordinarily useful and well balanced collection of materials on
cryptography and its applications. This book will instantly become a definitive
compendium."
- Peter G. Neumann
"Though Lance Hoffman is a
dedicated opponent of current government policy, he has assembled a volume
that should be -- and will be -- on the desk of every cryptographic policymaker
in Washington. He has accurately recorded the many voices in a debate
that will profoundly affect our future, for good or ill, well into the
twenty-first century. This book is an important contribution to the history
of encryption. It is an even more important contribution to those who
are struggling to shape that history."
- Stewart Baker, Steptoe & Johnson (formerly General Counsel
to the National Security Agency)
"An authoritative
source of political writings by the major players in the crypto revolution."
- Philip Zimmermann, Creator of PGP
With the ever-increasing
flow of information on electronic highways, the need for secure and private
communication is taking center stage. Whether it be the electronic transfer
of money, the transmission of commercial information, or electronic mail
among friends, senders and receivers need to know that others can not
intercept or read their messages or transmit false messages in their place.
A controversial proposal by the American Government involves the implementation
of the "Clipper chip", a technical standard which raises the possibility
of the insertion of a secure, but tappable chip in many telephones and
computers.
This book presents
the best readings on cryptographic policy and current cryptography trends.
Topics include a survey of cryptography, the new "key escrow" systems,
the Government solution, the debate between law enforcement views and
civil liberties, and export control analysis. Detailed technological descriptions
of promising new software schemes are included as well as analysis of
the constitutional issues by legal scholars. Important government cost
analyses appear here for the first time in any book.
Other highlights
include the text of the new US digital telephony law and the pending encryption
regulation bill, a list of hundreds of cryptographic products available
around the world. There is even a paper on how to commit the perfect crime
electronically, using public key encryption. |
Information Policy Bibliography 
Edited
by Lance
J. Hoffman,