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China Frustrated In Encryption Talks
mikesd81 writes "According to an AP article, the Chinese are pushing for the encryption standard called WAPI. It's not going so well, as the majority of countries are taking the IEEE standard 802.11i. From the article: 'An international dispute over a wireless computing standard took a bitter turn this past week with the Chinese delegation walking out of a global meeting to discuss the technology. The delegation's walkout from Wednesday's opening of a two-day meeting in the Czech Republic escalated an already rancorous struggle by China to gain international acceptance for its homegrown encryption technology known as WAPI. It follows Chinese accusations that a U.S.-based standards body used underhanded tactics to prevent global approval of WAPI.'"
In which case all one has to do to be secure is to encrypt using the Chinese standard, then re-encrypt using the US standard. I can't see the Chinese and the US sharing their backdoors!
On what basis are European governments more trustworthy in this regard than the Chinese or US governments?
On basically every basis.
i11.208, the white and user-friendly encryption that is so hip only the coolest will use it (or be able to afford it)..
I jest! I jest! *ducks*
I think China and North Korea use the same publicist.
an ill wind that blows no good
when Mandarin or Cantonese is equally or more effective :)
Put some misteaks in your website just to embarass them.
> Too paranoid is sorta an oxymoron on subjects like these.
Uh..it's not, unless you can somehow demonstrate that "too" and "paranoid" are in some way contradictory.