Cryptology: Law, Economics and TechnologyColumbia University.
Cryptography and Commerce on the Infobahn: Myth and Reality Constitutionality of Mandatory Key Escrowing Luncheon Address: History of Cryptography 10:45am - 12:30pm
Rationales for Export Restrictions on Cryptographic Software
This project is
part of the Institute's general interest in investigating the remaining
bottlenecks to all electronic communications. Advances in cryptology have
made possible secure communication between parties without the need for
transferring encryption and decryption keys prior to the time when the parties
wish to communicate. The same technology can also produce digital signatures
which are virtually impossible to forge, and could be used to validate legal
and financial documents. However, despite the advantages of these new technologies,
a combination of intellectual property restrictions, governmental o bjections
and bureaucratic inertia has caused the usage of these techniques to be
almost non-existent. The project will survey the new cryptographic technologies
and the impediments which have been raised to their implementation. The
possible impact oft hese methods will also be discussed.
Technical Introduction
Presenter: Matt Franklin, Bell Labs
Moderator:
Eli Noam, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Panelists:
Stuart Haber, Surety, Inc.
Matt Blaze, Bellcore
Presenter:
John Kasdan, Columbia University Law
Panelist:
Eben Moglen, Columbia University Law
Speaker:
Andrew Gleason, Harvard University
Presenter:
Daniel Cohen, Computer Science Hunter College
Panelists:
Stewart Baker, Steptoe and Johnson
Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Organized by
John Kasdan, Columbia University
