Dear All,
What may also be useful to clarify is the purpose of the reporting. If it is reporting simply for data collection it may have privacy implications but that's it. But if the purpose of reporting is to take action against users then that may still have the same result as a Ban.
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Zahid Jamil
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From: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com [mailto:pakgrid@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wahaj us Siraj/MGMT
Sent: 08 September 2011 09:16
To: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [pakgrid] Pakistan to ban encryption software?
Tariq Sahib has put it right. It's reporting (not banning) required on part of the operators to PTA. Adds burden on part of the operators as well customers.
Kind regards….Wahaj
From: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com [mailto:pakgrid@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tbadsha@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 7:12 AM
To: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [pakgrid] Pakistan to ban encryption software?
I have been out of the Ministry for a while so don't have the exact background but I know that NTISB (National Telecommunication Information Security Board) under the Cabinet Division always had the mandate that any encryption devices used would be reported to them. Traditionally this focused on hardware devices. While I was in the Ministry the discussion to include software encryption came up from time to time. However, the fact that even off-the-shelf software like MS Exchange uses encryption (in their Key Management Server) it was difficult to extend the same level of control on software encryption. I presume this is the same policy and some classes of software are being included. If you read the press report carefully it is about "reporting" the use of encryption not the banning.
Maybe some of my ex-colleagues in the Ministry would shed more light.
Tariq Badsha
From: waheed iqbal <waheed751@yahoo.com>
To: "pakgrid@yahoogroups.com" <pakgrid@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2011 4:00 AM
Subject: [pakgrid] Pakistan to ban encryption software?
Dear all,
With reference to a news http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/30/pakistan-bans-encryption-software I would like to learn from the community:
would this step give any benefit?
in this context, what is a solution for HTTPS traffic and stenographic techniques?
Regards
Waheed
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