> [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>
> I am unable to reconcile Black Unicorn's recent post, where he denounces
> almost the entire cypherpunk program as illegal by current legal standards
> and a manifestation of foolish ignorance of the law and obstinate refusal
> to take his wise advice, with the conjecture that Black Unicorn is aware
> of
> current recommended best practice in record keeping.
>
I've mostly been staying out of this stormy little teacup, but I'll
concur that BU is overreaching himself. When he starts to claim
that writing security software to best industry practices - erasing
sensitive data as soon as it's need has passed, clearing disks
and buffers, etc - all practices mandated for meeting certain
government FIPS levels, and widely documented as standard -
when he claims that writing programs correctly could get me
in trouble - then it's time to downgrade my estimates of his
knowledge and expertise.
Peter Trei
