[Cryptography] Statement from Attorney General William P., Barr on Introduction of Lawful Access Bill in Senate

Henry Baker hbaker1 at pipeline.com
Thu Jul 2 09:56:43 EDT 2020


At 05:40 PM 7/1/2020, Bill Frantz wrote:
>On 7/1/20 at 11:12 AM, phill at hallambaker.com (Phillip Hallam-Baker) wrote:
>>The prohibition on use of 'codes' in ham radio probably comes from the same
>>commercial concerns. Though by that time the anti-trust movement was
>>getting going and they might have needed to conceal their true motives.
>
>There isn't a prohibition on using codes in ham radio. The prohibition is on trying to conceal the meaning of a transmission. Hams use many codes, the "Q" codes are very common. Their meaning is listed in may places, so they are like the Uniform Commercial Code before/during WW2.
>
>Spread spectrum is permitted, if the spreading codes are published. Different digital encodings are permitted, if encoding is published. etc.

Hmmm...

What about HTTPS/TLS/TCPIP over ham radio bands?




More information about the cryptography mailing list