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Looks like Zimmerman is saying he "doesn't" regret creating PGP, as some papers would have us believe... Read the full story over at VnuNet.

A new call for limits on encryption technology is finding weak political support in the United States, despite a looming clandestine war against terrorism that will most likely hinge on the effectiveness of police and military intelligence. In response to attacks this month on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said he favored establishing mandatory backdoors in the software used to scramble digital messages and to ensure that only the intended recipient can read the contents.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lawmakers may be asked to give the FBI a ``software key'' to encryption technology that would allow the agency to unlock secret Internet messages but experts warn the measure would impair commerce and violate privacy right without deterring terrorism.

The devastating Sept. 11 hijacking attacks on New York and Washington have rekindled the debate over public use of powerful cryptography software, and some U.S. lawmakers have called for restrictions on the free and widely available technology used to scramble electronic communications.

A U.S. lawmaker well versed in technology issues said Friday that government bodies and citizens should use more encryption, not less, to increase security on the Internet.

In the wake of last Tuesday's hijackings that left more than 6,500 Americans dead or missing, policy-makers have called for limits on popular encryption software that allows users to scramble Internet communications for privacy.

Proposals by the US government for a global ban on sophisticated encryption tools, thought to
have been used in the recent terrorist raids on the States, have been met with concern in
Australia.

CATONSVILLE, Maryland -- Rob Carlson is worried about something that most Americans would
consider entirely obscure: the future of encryption technology.

Carlson, a 21-year-old programmer who typically sports a floppy, pin-studded safari hat, fears
that the U.S. Congress, in the wake of last week's bloody attacks, may vote for anti-terrorism
legislation that also threatens privacy. "There's nothing as permanent as a temporary restriction," he
says.

Kirkland, Washington-based NextComm,
Inc. yesterday (September 12, 2001)
announced the launch of a new
technology-dubbed Key Hopping-aimed at
enhancing the security of wireless local area
networks (WLANs).

The horror of Tuesday's coordinated attacks on the commercial and military centers of America
has prompted the U.S. Congress to call for a global ban on "uncrackable" encryption products.

Speaking in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, Senator Judd Gregg proposed tighter restrictions on software that
scrambles electronic data and often hinders a government's ability to obtain valuable criminal intelligence.

WASHINGTON -- The encryption wars have begun.

For nearly a decade, privacy mavens have been worrying that a terrorist attack could prompt Congress to ban
communications-scrambling products that frustrate both police wiretaps and U.S. intelligence agencies.

Tuesday's catastrophe, which shed more blood on American soil than any event since the Civil War, appears to have started that
process.

NextComm, Inc., today announced the launch of its Key Hopping(TM) technology that vastly improves the security of
the 802.11a and 802.11b standards used in wireless local area networks.