This just in: The danish minister of trade Pia Gjellerup has announced that Denmark will work for the abolishment of the part of the Wassenaar Arrangement that concerns restriction on export of encryption. More: The EU parliament will demand that an investigative committee will be established to research Echelon. Developing... Yours Bo Elkjaer, Denmark (The following garble is the news article from danish newssite Comon.dk regarding Pia Gjellerups announcement. I'm afraid I don't have the time to translate at the moment. If nothing else, it will be of interest to the lists scandinavian readers.) Den meget omtalte Wassenaar-aftale, der blev indg�et i december 1998 mellem 33 europ�iske lande, heriblandt Danmark, skal afvikles hvis det st�r til den danske regering. I et brev til blandt andet Dansk Dataforening skriver erhvervsminister Pia Gjellerup, at regeringen vil arbejde for en afvikling af aftalen, der begr�nser eksporten af krypteringsn�gler p� mere end 56 bit. Erhvervsministeren erkl�rer sig enig i, at sikker kryptering er en foruds�tning for at udnytte fordelene i den elektroniske kommunikation. En �ndring af aftalen kr�ver dog, at alle 33 lande n�r til enighed f�rst. (Kilde: Thomas Eriksen, Dataposten) >>Bevar naturen: Sylt et egern.<< >>URL: http://www.datashopper.dk/~boo/index.html<< >>ECHELON URL:<< >>http://www1.ekstrabladet.dk/netdetect/echelon.iasp<<
