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The crypto controversy : a key conflict in the Information Society / Bert-Jaap Koops.
1999
D 10 KOO.C
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Title
The crypto controversy : a key conflict in the Information Society / Bert-Jaap Koops.
Description
xvi, 285 pages ; [28] cm.
ISBN
9041111433
9789041111432 hc
9789041111432 hc
Alternate Call Number
D 10 KOO.C
Summary
"Cryptography is essential for information security and electronic commerce, yet it can also be abused by criminals to thwart police wiretaps and computer searches. How should governments address this conflict of interests? Will they require people to deposit crypto keys with a 'trusted' agent? Will governments outlaw cryptography that does not provide for law-enforcement access? Can the police require suspects to hand over keys thus infringing the privilege against self-incrimination? Or should law enforcement forget about wiretapping and computer searches altogether?"--BOOK JACKET. "Bert-Jaap Koops, who studied mathematics and literature, worked at the law faculty of Tilburg University and the mathematics department of Eindhoven University of Technology. The author of the Crypto Law Survey website discusses possible ways to address the crypto controversy, analyzes the arguments pro and con domestic regulation of cryptography, and puts these into perspective. Koops proposes a method to balance the conflicting interests and applies this to the Dutch situation, explaining both technical and legal issues for anyone interested in the subject."--Jacket.
Formatted Contents Note
Ch. 1. Introduction
pt. I. Problem and context. Ch. 2. An information society needs information security. Ch. 3. Cryptography, a key technology for information security. Ch. 4. Cryptocriminals, a public concern. Ch. 5. A survey of cryptography laws and regulations
pt. II. Framework and analysis. Ch. 6. Framework and set of principles. Ch. 6 1/2. Outlawing cryptography. Ch. 7. LEAKing through the Public Key Infrastructure. Ch. 8. Demanding decryption. Ch. 9. Alternative investigation measures. Ch. 10. The zero option. Ch. 11. Reconciling interests.
pt. I. Problem and context. Ch. 2. An information society needs information security. Ch. 3. Cryptography, a key technology for information security. Ch. 4. Cryptocriminals, a public concern. Ch. 5. A survey of cryptography laws and regulations
pt. II. Framework and analysis. Ch. 6. Framework and set of principles. Ch. 6 1/2. Outlawing cryptography. Ch. 7. LEAKing through the Public Key Infrastructure. Ch. 8. Demanding decryption. Ch. 9. Alternative investigation measures. Ch. 10. The zero option. Ch. 11. Reconciling interests.
Series
nd Electronic Commerce; Vol 6.
Published
The Hague : Kluwer Law International, c1999.
Language
English
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Review
"Cryptography is essential for information security and electronic commerce, yet it can also be abused by criminals to thwart police wiretaps and computer searches. How should governments address this conflict of interests? Will they require people to deposit crypto keys with a 'trusted' agent? Will governments outlaw cryptography that does not provide for law-enforcement access? Can the police require suspects to hand over keys thus infringing the privilege against self-incrimination? Or should law enforcement forget about wiretapping and computer searches altogether?"--BOOK JACKET. "Bert-Jaap Koops, who studied mathematics and literature, worked at the law faculty of Tilburg University and the mathematics department of Eindhoven University of Technology. The author of the Crypto Law Survey website discusses possible ways to address the crypto controversy, analyzes the arguments pro and con domestic regulation of cryptography, and puts these into perspective. Koops proposes a method to balance the conflicting interests and applies this to the Dutch situation, explaining both technical and legal issues for anyone interested in the subject."--Jacket.