A Switch on Encryption From: The Washington Post | Date: September 26, 1999 | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

THE ADMINISTRATION'S sudden announcement that it would relax export restrictions on "robust" encryption products -- codes that can cloak electronic communications and cannot be broken -- looks at first like a screeching U-turn. For years, despite pressure from the U.S. software industry, from privacy advocates and from Congress to lift all curbs on strong encryption, the White House argued -- rightly, in our view -- that those interests must be carefully balanced against the threat to nation...

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