FC: U.K. lawsuit may restrict Cambridge Univ' encryption research

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-985545.html

   Crypto research under fire in U.K. suit
   By Declan McCullagh
   February 21, 2003, 11:34 AM PT

   A lawsuit over possibly fraudulent withdrawals from cash machines in
   London could gag academic research into the vulnerabilities of banks'
   cryptographic systems.

   South Africa's branch of Citibank, which is investigating about
   $80,000 in disputed withdrawals, has asked London's High Court of
   Justice to take testimony starting on March 3 from a team of
   scientists from the University of Cambridge. The researchers fear that
   Citibank's proposed secrecy order would restrict future explorations
   into bank security systems.

   [...]




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