OFFTOPIC - encryption

Please ignore this message, but if you're interested, read on. From: http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=342333 --- cut here -- WASHINGTON (Reuter) -- The House Commerce Committee Wednesday rejected a far-reaching proposal requiring all data scrambling products to include a backdoor allowing government access to otherwise secure computer files and communications. On a vote of 35-16, members of the panel voted against an amendment from Mike Oxley, Republican of Ohio, to impose such controls. --- cut here -- -- ----------------- jared@puck.nether.net - Nether Network ------------------ CICNet/IAGNet/NetherNet - finger jared@puck.nether.net for pgp key