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.'"

Comments

And Apple is pushing...

[demongeek]

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*

Sounds a lot like DPRK

[amightywind]

...a lot of dirty tricks including deception, misinformation, confusion and reckless charging to lobby against WAPI.

I think China and North Korea use the same publicist.

Why do they need a separate encryption standard

[k1980pc]

when Mandarin or Cantonese is equally or more effective :)