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\rightline{\sevenrm March 5, 2000}
\centerline{\largestbold RSA math \& policy assignments}

\bigskip
This assignment is complex and has three parts. I've divided the class
into seven groups. You should all discuss how to share the work
involved. Here is a description of your group's assignment:

\bigskip

\centerline {\largerbold Part 1: Communication using RSA}

\medskip

Each group will have to work on communicating using the RSA algorithm.
Every member of the group should have received by e-mail the
private/secret key for the group. Please see the webpage 

\centerline{\tt
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/rsa.html}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} for
exact information on what to do now, and get started as soon as
possible.


\medskip

\centerline {\largerbold Parts 2 \& 3: Government Policy about
Cryptography: a Debate and Papers}

\medskip

Your group will independently
prepare and present for discussion an aspect of government policy
about cryptography. There will be two grades: one for the oral
presentation, and one for the written report. Guidelines for both are
given below. The grades earned by the group will be the grades for
each student in the group. The names of the people in each group are
below. I've created a web page

\centerline{{\tt 
http://math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/gov$\underline{\hphantom{e}}$policy.html}}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} with a
very limited number of links on this debate's topics. These topics are
rather controversial and change is rapid. Discussion and information
about them exist on many web pages.


\medskip

\noindent {\bf Oral presentation}

\medskip

\item{$\bullet$}Ten minutes to present the original position of the
group.  \smallskip


\item{$\bullet$}Five minutes to respond to questions (rebuttal). 
\smallskip


\noindent Grades for the oral presentation will be based on the
original presentation, the questioning of other presentations (take
notes during the presentations of the other groups!), and the response
to questioning in the rebuttal time.

\medskip

\noindent {\bf Written report}
\medskip

Each group will hand in a policy paper at the class meeting following
the oral presentations. I'll accept a preliminary version of the
policy paper earlier for analysis and comment (and corrections!), if
this is desired. If you consent, I will post your report as a web page
linked to the course web page. 

\medskip

{\noindent \bf {FBI group members}}
\medskip

%n{\noindent \bf Members} 

\nm Edward DeGuzman edsd@eden.rutgers.edu!
        
\nm Kim Fife hijumpkin@aol.com!
        
\nm Alyna Jacobs alynaj@eden.rutgers.edu!
        
\nm Daniel Shaivitz flynt@eden.rutgers.edu! 

\rightline{\sevenbf OVER}
\vfil\eject

{\noindent \bf What to prepare for}

\smallskip

%\noindent 

You will write a supporting memo (at most 3 pages long) for a
senior FBI official testifying before a committee of the
U.S.~Congress. The official has been asked to testify in support of a
bill tightly regulating the sort of encryption software which can be
sold or exported.  Some points listed below may be helpful to you, but
don't feel limited to them, please. See the website {\tt
http://www.fbi.gov/library/encrypt/encrypt.htm} and possibly find more
support for your positions at the websites {\tt http://www.nsa.gov/}
and {\tt http://www.cia.gov/}.

\medskip

\item{$\bullet$}
Strong cryptography could help kidnappers by allowing secret
communication between the criminals, and assisting synchronization of
their actions.

\smallskip

\item{$\bullet$}
Strong cryptography easily available could assist international
terrorists, who may be backed by rogue nations, use international
communications and then local communications to target and execute
their missions. 

\smallskip

\item{$\bullet$}
Strong cryptography easily available could deter our efforts to
protect the nation's information infrastructure, increasing the
vulnerability of financial communications. 

\medskip

{\noindent \bf In your oral rebuttal} 

\smallskip

Be prepared to deal with the financial argument that restrictions on
strong crypto domestically lead to decreased sales since residents of
other countries can write software with good crypto. Also, export
regulations of crypto software lead to de facto restrictions on what
U.S.~citizens are likely to be able to use inside the U.S.~since there
is, effectively, world-wide, one market for software, thereby
regulating even what U.S.~citizens are likely to be able to use inside
the U.S.! Of course, be prepared to deal with arguments about civil
liberties.

\vfil\eject


\rightline{\sevenrm March 5, 2000}
\centerline{\largestbold RSA math \& policy assignments}

\bigskip
This assignment is complex and has three parts. I've divided the class
into seven groups. You should all discuss how to share the work
involved. Here is a description of your group's assignment:

\bigskip

\centerline {\largerbold Part 1: Communication using RSA}

\medskip

Each group will have to work on communicating using the RSA algorithm.
Every member of the group should have received by e-mail the
private/secret key for the group. Please see the webpage 

\centerline{\tt
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/rsa.html}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} for
exact information on what to do now, and get started as soon as
possible.


\medskip

\centerline {\largerbold Parts 2 \& 3: Government Policy about
Cryptography: a Debate and Papers}

\medskip

Your group will independently
prepare and present for discussion an aspect of government policy
about cryptography. There will be two grades: one for the oral
presentation, and one for the written report. Guidelines for both are
given below. The grades earned by the group will be the grades for
each student in the group. The names of the people in each group are
below. I've created a web page

\centerline{{\tt 
http://math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/gov$\underline{\hphantom{e}}$policy.html}}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} with a
very limited number of links on this debate's topics. These topics are
rather controversial and change is rapid. Discussion and information
about them exist on many web pages.


\medskip

\noindent {\bf Oral presentation}

\medskip

\item{$\bullet$}Ten minutes to present the original position of the
group.  \smallskip


\item{$\bullet$}Five minutes to respond to questions (rebuttal). 
\smallskip


\noindent Grades for the oral presentation will be based on the
original presentation, the questioning of other presentations (take
notes during the presentations of the other groups!), and the response
to questioning in the rebuttal time.

\medskip

\noindent {\bf Written report}
\medskip

Each group will hand in a policy paper at the class meeting following
the oral presentations. I'll accept a preliminary version of the
policy paper earlier for analysis and comment (and corrections!), if
this is desired. If you consent, I will post your report as a web page
linked to the course web page. 

\medskip

{\noindent \bf ACLU group members}
\medskip

\nm Julie Anastasi julana@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Nolan Henry ndhenry@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Mark Ryan digamma@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Margaret Wu mjwu@eden.rutgers.edu!

\rightline{\sevenbf OVER}
\vfil\eject

{\noindent \bf What to prepare for}

\smallskip

%\noindent 

You will write a memo (at most 3 pages long) supporting the
testimony of an important ACLU official before a committee of the
U.S.~Congress. Your memo will outline an attack of the controls on
crytptography that exist and on those that are proposed. The web page
{\tt http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/hmcl.html} should be your
primary source. Various links can be followed from it (see,
e.g., below). You may further choose to emphasize some of the items
below but don't be limited by them.

\medskip

\item{$\bullet$}
Controls on cryptography are censorship, plain, simple. The First
Amendment protects U.S.~citizens (and residents?). 

\smallskip

\item{$\bullet$} There's an inherent right to privacy in commercial
transactions, a right to privacy in e-mail to friends, fellow workers,
$\ldots$

\smallskip

\item{$\bullet$} 
See {\tt http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/priv/privpap.html} for a
detailed discussion of some of these issues from the point of view of
more classical civil liberties.

\medskip

{\noindent \bf In your oral rebuttal} 

\smallskip

%\noindent 
Be prepared to deal with arguments about criminals and
terrorists, about economic pressures, and arguments about dealing with
countries whose traditional ``freedoms'' relative to wiretapping,
etc., are perhaps less comprehensive than our own. How would you deal
with the question of whether suspected pornographers should be
required to decrypt their files after satisfactory court action? There
has been considerable  debate about such matters in the U.S.~and other
countries. 
\vfil\eject


\rightline{\sevenrm March 5, 2000}
\centerline{\largestbold RSA math \& policy assignments}

\bigskip
This assignment is complex and has three parts. I've divided the class
into seven groups. You should all discuss how to share the work
involved. Here is a description of your group's assignment:

\bigskip

\centerline {\largerbold Part 1: Communication using RSA}

\medskip

Each group will have to work on communicating using the RSA algorithm.
Every member of the group should have received by e-mail the
private/secret key for the group. Please see the webpage 

\centerline{\tt
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/rsa.html}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} for
exact information on what to do now, and get started as soon as
possible.


\medskip

\centerline {\largerbold Parts 2 \& 3: Government Policy about
Cryptography: a Debate and Papers}

\medskip

Your group will independently
prepare and present for discussion an aspect of government policy
about cryptography. There will be two grades: one for the oral
presentation, and one for the written report. Guidelines for both are
given below. The grades earned by the group will be the grades for
each student in the group. The names of the people in each group are
below. I've created a web page

\centerline{{\tt 
http://math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/gov$\underline{\hphantom{e}}$policy.html}}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} with a
very limited number of links on this debate's topics. These topics are
rather controversial and change is rapid. Discussion and information
about them exist on many web pages.


\medskip

\noindent {\bf Oral presentation}

\medskip

\item{$\bullet$}Ten minutes to present the original position of the
group.  \smallskip


\item{$\bullet$}Five minutes to respond to questions (rebuttal). 
\smallskip


\noindent Grades for the oral presentation will be based on the
original presentation, the questioning of other presentations (take
notes during the presentations of the other groups!), and the response
to questioning in the rebuttal time.

\medskip

\noindent {\bf Written report}
\medskip

Each group will hand in a policy paper at the class meeting following
the oral presentations. I'll accept a preliminary version of the
policy paper earlier for analysis and comment (and corrections!), if
this is desired. If you consent, I will post your report as a web page
linked to the course web page. 

\medskip

{\noindent \bf Electronic Freedom group members}
\medskip

\nm Craig Gargano gargano@eden.rutgers.edu!
        
\nm Amy Joh ajoh@eden.rutgers.edu!
        
\nm Hanna Schwartz hls25@eden.rutgers.edu!
        
\nm Miroslaw Szatko mszatko@eden.rutgers.edu!

\rightline{\sevenbf OVER}
\vfil\eject

{\noindent \bf What to prepare for}

\smallskip

You are preparing a position paper (at most 3 pages long) for an
organization representing the viewpoint of a new subculture whose
members believe that widespread and unrestricted use of electronic
``stuff'' will give us all better lives. They are perhaps more extreme
than some traditional civil liberties folks, more attuned to what is
possible to do with cryptography, and more willing to discuss the
technical shortcomings and features of various policy
issues. Sometimes the efforts of these folks seem to have a rather
anti-U.S.~orientation, declaring that U.S.~policies are rather
inferior to those (chosen from, say) policies of Western Europe. These
webpages may be useful to you: {\tt http://www.cdt.org/crypto/}, {\tt
http://www.eff.org/}, and {\tt http://www.epic.org/crypto/}. Remark
that money is on your side: if folks in the U.S.~don't do it, the
software will be available easily from people living in lots of other
places.

\medskip

{\noindent \bf In your oral rebuttal}

\smallskip

%\noindent 
Be prepared to deal with the accusation of uncaring
irresponsibility: spies, terrorists, and criminals of all sorts could
be aided by your efforts! An assertion could be made that ``good''
people will naturally agree with the sort of mild restrictions on
e-commerce and communications proposed by (some) governments, since
benefits will be gotten by ``everyone''. 

\vfil\eject
\rightline{\sevenrm March 5, 2000}
\centerline{\largestbold RSA math \& policy assignments}

\bigskip
This assignment is complex and has three parts. I've divided the class
into seven groups. You should all discuss how to share the work
involved. Here is a description of your group's assignment:

\bigskip

\centerline {\largerbold Part 1: Communication using RSA}

\medskip

Each group will have to work on communicating using the RSA algorithm.
Every member of the group should have received by e-mail the
private/secret key for the group. Please see the webpage 

\centerline{\tt
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/rsa.html}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} for
exact information on what to do now, and get started as soon as
possible.


\medskip

\centerline {\largerbold Parts 2 \& 3: Government Policy about
Cryptography: a Debate and Papers}

\medskip

Your group will independently
prepare and present for discussion an aspect of government policy
about cryptography. There will be two grades: one for the oral
presentation, and one for the written report. Guidelines for both are
given below. The grades earned by the group will be the grades for
each student in the group. The names of the people in each group are
below. I've created a web page

\centerline{{\tt 
http://math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/gov$\underline{\hphantom{e}}$policy.html}}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} with a
very limited number of links on this debate's topics. These topics are
rather controversial and change is rapid. Discussion and information
about them exist on many web pages.


\medskip

\noindent {\bf Oral presentation}

\medskip

\item{$\bullet$}Ten minutes to present the original position of the
group.  \smallskip


\item{$\bullet$}Five minutes to respond to questions (rebuttal). 
\smallskip


\noindent Grades for the oral presentation will be based on the
original presentation, the questioning of other presentations (take
notes during the presentations of the other groups!), and the response
to questioning in the rebuttal time.

\medskip

\noindent {\bf Written report}
\medskip

Each group will hand in a policy paper at the class meeting following
the oral presentations. I'll accept a preliminary version of the
policy paper earlier for analysis and comment (and corrections!), if
this is desired. If you consent, I will post your report as a web page
linked to the course web page. 

\medskip

{\noindent \bf Russia/{f}SU (former Soviet Union) group members}
\medskip

\nm Michael Civins mcivins@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Jonathan Hammer jrhammer@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Peter Samet psamet@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Lee Walker lcwalker@eden.rutgers.edu !

\rightline{\sevenbf OVER}
\vfil\eject

{\noindent \bf What to prepare for}

\smallskip

You have a difficult task. You are to prepare a position paper (at
most 3 pages long) for a meeting of an international organization
(say, the International Telecommunications Union or an international
trade organization) on the policies regarding use, import, and export
of cryptographic machinery and software. You could try to represent
the whole (rather heterogeneous) fSU area, or choose to discuss only
one country (the obvious candidate being Russia itself). I'd like you
to present a selection of the policies that U.S.~people might find
restrictive or strange. You are to be an advocate/defender of these
policies. You may defend your policies regarding cryptography with a
mixture of convenient logic, exaggeration, and history. Mention
specific policies and give some comments to support these
policies. For example, your comments could include (but not be limited
by) reasons such as the following:

\medskip

\item{$\bullet$} 
Our traditions are not the same as those of Western Europe and North
America, and we will not abandon our own culture and history.

\smallskip

\item{$\bullet$} We have special (perhaps temporary!) needs for
controlling security in communications, since we have been threatened
historically by our neighbors, country X and country Y and $\ldots$ 

\smallskip

\item{$\bullet$} Our resources have been exploited miserably by
international corporations and we must be able to monitor
communications to prevent possible future exploitation.

\smallskip

\item{$\bullet$} Residents of our country must be willing to sacrifice
some privacy so that our future will be better. 

\medskip

{\noindent \bf In your oral rebuttal}

\smallskip

%\noindent 
Be prepared to defend ``your'' country's positions. One
classic style: throw accusations at the accusers. Remark that those
who accuse you of controlling communications already have secure
communications of their own, and are just trying to prevent others
from enjoying similar security. Have a few facts which you cite in a
very emotional manner.


\vfil\eject

\rightline{\sevenrm March 5, 2000}
\centerline{\largestbold RSA math \& policy assignments}

\bigskip
This assignment is complex and has three parts. I've divided the class
into seven groups. You should all discuss how to share the work
involved. Here is a description of your group's assignment:

\bigskip

\centerline {\largerbold Part 1: Communication using RSA}

\medskip

Each group will have to work on communicating using the RSA algorithm.
Every member of the group should have received by e-mail the
private/secret key for the group. Please see the webpage 

\centerline{\tt
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/rsa.html}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} for
exact information on what to do now, and get started as soon as
possible.


\medskip

\centerline {\largerbold Parts 2 \& 3: Government Policy about
Cryptography: a Debate and Papers}

\medskip

Your group will independently
prepare and present for discussion an aspect of government policy
about cryptography. There will be two grades: one for the oral
presentation, and one for the written report. Guidelines for both are
given below. The grades earned by the group will be the grades for
each student in the group. The names of the people in each group are
below. I've created a web page

\centerline{{\tt 
http://math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/gov$\underline{\hphantom{e}}$policy.html}}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} with a
very limited number of links on this debate's topics. These topics are
rather controversial and change is rapid. Discussion and information
about them exist on many web pages.


\medskip

\noindent {\bf Oral presentation}

\medskip

\item{$\bullet$}Ten minutes to present the original position of the
group.  \smallskip


\item{$\bullet$}Five minutes to respond to questions (rebuttal). 
\smallskip


\noindent Grades for the oral presentation will be based on the
original presentation, the questioning of other presentations (take
notes during the presentations of the other groups!), and the response
to questioning in the rebuttal time.

\medskip

\noindent {\bf Written report}
\medskip

Each group will hand in a policy paper at the class meeting following
the oral presentations. I'll accept a preliminary version of the
policy paper earlier for analysis and comment (and corrections!), if
this is desired. If you consent, I will post your report as a web page
linked to the course web page. 

\medskip

{\noindent \bf European Union group members}
\medskip

\nm Juraj Dlhopolcek juraj@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Sunit Jariwala sunitj@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Dan Ksepka dksepka@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Frank J.~Miles fjmiles@eden.rutgers.edu!

\rightline{\sevenbf OVER}
\vfil\eject

{\noindent \bf What to prepare for}

\smallskip

You have a difficult task. You are to prepare a position paper (at
most 3 pages long) for a meeting of an international organization
(say, the International Telecommunications Union or an international
trade organization) on the policies regarding use, import, and export
of cryptographic machinery and software. You could try to represent
the whole (rather heterogeneous) EU area, or choose to discuss only
one or two countries. I'd like you to present a selection of the
policies that U.S.~people might find restrictive or strange. You are
to be an advocate/defender of these policies. You may defend your
policies regarding cryptography with a mixture of convenient logic,
exaggeration, and history. Mention specific policies and give some
comments to support these policies. 


Note that the history of Western Europe with regard to laws and
practices (what governments say and what they actually do)
is complex. Look at the entries for France and Germany in
{\tt http://cwis.kub.nl/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$frw/people/koops/cls2.htm} and consider
this recent news report from 
{\tt
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34350,00.html}:

\smallskip

{\narrower\narrower\parindent =0pt\sevenrm\baselineskip=.7\baselineskip

                3:00 a.m. 16.Feb.2000 PST
                        DUBLIN, Ireland -- Britain is likely to
                        become the first country in the world to
                        make imprisonment a possible
                        consequence of refusing to surrender, or
                        even losing, one's private encryption
                        keys.

\vskip  .05in

                        At the same time, neighboring Ireland is
                        preparing legislation that would make it
                        the first country to prohibit law
                        enforcement from forcing encryption
                        users to hand over their private keys.

\vskip  .05in
                        The new British law also would compel
                        Internet service providers to build in
                        "reasonable interception capabilities" to
                        networks and could force ISPs to hand
                        over data traffic information -- email
                        destinations, Web site visits, IP names --
                        to law enforcement without a search
                        warrant. It includes provisions for
                        listening in on mobile and satellite phone
                        calls, intercepting pager messages, and
                        bugging office switchboards.

\vskip  .05in
            The topsy-turvy state of affairs is
                        emblematic of the approach of the two
                        countries to electronic commerce
                        legislation.

}

\medskip
{\noindent \bf In your oral rebuttal}

\smallskip


Be prepared to defend ``your'' country's positions. Assert that you
are correct, distort history and economics judiciously if necessary to
support your wishes, claim sovereign immunity, etc. Have a few facts
ready if you absolutely need them!

\vfil\eject

\rightline{\sevenrm March 5, 2000}
\centerline{\largestbold RSA math \& policy assignments}

\bigskip
This assignment is complex and has three parts. I've divided the class
into seven groups. You should all discuss how to share the work
involved. Here is a description of your group's assignment:

\bigskip

\centerline {\largerbold Part 1: Communication using RSA}

\medskip

Each group will have to work on communicating using the RSA algorithm.
Every member of the group should have received by e-mail the
private/secret key for the group. Please see the webpage 

\centerline{\tt
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/rsa.html}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} for
exact information on what to do now, and get started as soon as
possible.


\medskip

\centerline {\largerbold Parts 2 \& 3: Government Policy about
Cryptography: a Debate and Papers}

\medskip

Your group will independently
prepare and present for discussion an aspect of government policy
about cryptography. There will be two grades: one for the oral
presentation, and one for the written report. Guidelines for both are
given below. The grades earned by the group will be the grades for
each student in the group. The names of the people in each group are
below. I've created a web page

\centerline{{\tt 
http://math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/gov$\underline{\hphantom{e}}$policy.html}}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} with a
very limited number of links on this debate's topics. These topics are
rather controversial and change is rapid. Discussion and information
about them exist on many web pages.


\medskip

\noindent {\bf Oral presentation}

\medskip

\item{$\bullet$}Ten minutes to present the original position of the
group.  \smallskip


\item{$\bullet$}Five minutes to respond to questions (rebuttal). 
\smallskip


\noindent Grades for the oral presentation will be based on the
original presentation, the questioning of other presentations (take
notes during the presentations of the other groups!), and the response
to questioning in the rebuttal time.

\medskip

\noindent {\bf Written report}
\medskip

Each group will hand in a policy paper at the class meeting following
the oral presentations. I'll accept a preliminary version of the
policy paper earlier for analysis and comment (and corrections!), if
this is desired. If you consent, I will post your report as a web page
linked to the course web page. 

\medskip

{\noindent \bf Latin American group members}
\medskip


\nm Adriana Garriga~L\'opez bjork@eden.rutgers.edu!
        
\nm Derek Kanarek ddk@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Carlos Ron carlosron@aol.com!

\rightline{\sevenbf OVER}
\vfil\eject

{\noindent \bf What to prepare for}

\smallskip

Please present a position paper (at most 3 pages long) for a meeting
of an international organization (say, the International
Telecommunications Union or an international trade organization) on
the policies regarding use, import, and export of cryptographic
machinery and software. You could try to represent the whole (rather
heterogeneous) Latin American area, or choose to discuss only one or
two countries. Take a look at the references. Maybe send e-mail to
embassies -- the information I have found (on the web page {\tt
http://cwis.kub.nl/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm}
for example) is rather sketchy. See what you can develop, please.

I suspect that the laws and the practices of these governments might
not be totally the same: that is, what the governments declare is
legal and what they are willing to tolerate may be different. But I
may be wrong. It would be interesting to get some information. What
could a businessperson sending e-mail or keeping files have to face?
Could the police demand the ``keys'' to a cryptosystem?

\medskip

{\noindent \bf In your oral rebuttal}

\smallskip


Of course be prepared to defend ``your'' country's positions. Assert
that you are correct, distort history and economics judiciously if
necessary to support your wishes, claim sovereign immunity, etc. Have
a few facts ready if you absolutely need them!

\vfil\eject

\rightline{\sevenrm March 5, 2000}
\centerline{\largestbold RSA math \& policy assignments}

\bigskip
This assignment is complex and has three parts. I've divided the class
into seven groups. You should all discuss how to share the work
involved. Here is a description of your group's assignment:

\bigskip

\centerline {\largerbold Part 1: Communication using RSA}

\medskip

Each group will have to work on communicating using the RSA algorithm.
Every member of the group should have received by e-mail the
private/secret key for the group. Please see the webpage 

\centerline{\tt
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/rsa.html}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} for
exact information on what to do now, and get started as soon as
possible.


\medskip

\centerline {\largerbold Parts 2 \& 3: Government Policy about
Cryptography: a Debate and Papers}

\medskip

Your group will independently
prepare and present for discussion an aspect of government policy
about cryptography. There will be two grades: one for the oral
presentation, and one for the written report. Guidelines for both are
given below. The grades earned by the group will be the grades for
each student in the group. The names of the people in each group are
below. I've created a web page

\centerline{{\tt 
http://math.rutgers.edu/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$greenfie/currentcourses/math103spring/gov$\underline{\hphantom{e}}$policy.html}}

\noindent reachable \underbar{through the Math 103 home page} with a
very limited number of links on this debate's topics. These topics are
rather controversial and change is rapid. Discussion and information
about them exist on many web pages.


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\noindent {\bf Oral presentation}

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\item{$\bullet$}Ten minutes to present the original position of the
group.  \smallskip


\item{$\bullet$}Five minutes to respond to questions (rebuttal). 
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\noindent Grades for the oral presentation will be based on the
original presentation, the questioning of other presentations (take
notes during the presentations of the other groups!), and the response
to questioning in the rebuttal time.

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\noindent {\bf Written report}
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Each group will hand in a policy paper at the class meeting following
the oral presentations. I'll accept a preliminary version of the
policy paper earlier for analysis and comment (and corrections!), if
this is desired. If you consent, I will post your report as a web page
linked to the course web page. 

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{\noindent \bf Far East group members}
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\nm Helen Lloyd-Williams hrlw@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Yariv Sadan yarivs@eden.rutgers.edu!

\nm Kim Shah kimushah@eden.rutgers.edu!
                     
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{\noindent \bf What to prepare for}

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Please present a position paper (at most 3 pages long) for a meeting
of an international organization (say, the International
Telecommunications Union or an international trade organization) on
the policies regarding use, import, and export of cryptographic
machinery and software. You can select from any (or all!) of your
area, which certainly represents a very important part of the world,
by many measurements (population, resources, industry, general
economic strength, military power). You may wish to concentrate on one
or two countries, perhaps China or Japan. Either of them would be more
than enough for one report. The bare information I have found (on the
web page {\tt
http://cwis.kub.nl/$\tilde{\hphantom{e}}$frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm}
for example) is sketchy but interesting. See what you can develop,
please.


I suspect that the laws and the practices of these governments might
not be totally the same: that is, what the governments declare is
legal and what they are willing to tolerate may be different. But I
may be wrong. I would like you to concentrate on presenting policies
and laws which might seem strange or restrictive to U.S.~people but
which your ``country'' insists on. You might consider the following
supporting positions:
 
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\item{$\bullet$} 
Our traditions are not the same as those of Western Europe and North
America, and we will not abandon our own culture and history.

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\item{$\bullet$} We have special (perhaps temporary!) needs for
controlling security in communications, since we have been threatened
historically by our neighbors, country X and country Y and $\ldots$ 

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\item{$\bullet$} Our resources have been exploited miserably by
international corporations and we must be able to monitor
communications to prevent possible future exploitation.

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\item{$\bullet$} Residents of our country must be willing to sacrifice
some privacy so that our future will be better.

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{\noindent \bf In your oral rebuttal}

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Of course be prepared to defend ``your'' country's positions. Assert
that you are correct, distort history and economics judiciously if
necessary to support your wishes, claim sovereign immunity, etc. Have
a few facts ready if you absolutely need them!

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