Re: [TLS] Please discuss: draft-housley-evidence-extns-00<

[Martin Rex <martin.rex@xxxxxxx>]

Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:32:15 +0100 (MET)
> Martin Rex <martin.rex@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > There is absolutely NONE, ZERO, NIL chance that this can be used
> > in customer<->business relationsships in the European Union, because
> > it is incompatible with the EU data protection directive in many ways.
> >
> The Danvers doctrine, RFC 1984, and RFC 2804 cut both ways -- the
> IETF's protocols are supposed to be based on technical merit, not
> political-layer decisions.  It's quite inconsistent to oppose this
> because it conflicts with one government-layer policy while not
> opposing, say, unescrowed strong crypto because that conflicted with a
> different government-layer policy.

The EU data protection directive is not like any other "policy".

It is there to protect every citizen from inadequate technology
that poses a risk to privacy by gathering and storing unecessary
personal data without a subjects explicit consent.

By requiring high ethical standards, it is a useful quality
control of the real merits of a technology as far as privacy
and protection of personal data is concerned.  It improves privacy
in many ways and deters many kinds of wire-tapping.

I know that not many countries allow their citizens to enjoy
such freedom, but that should not preclude from understanding
the obvious merits/benefits if you look at it.

-Martin

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