China Walks Out of Encryption Meeting

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By CHRIS HAWKE : Associated Press Writer
Jun 10, 2006 : 9:06 pm ET

BEIJING -- 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.

"In this extremely unfair atmosphere, it is meaningless for the Chinese delegation to continue attending the meeting," the Standardization Administration of China delegation said in a statement carried by the official Xinhua News Agency.

The U.S.-based group, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, denies any impropriety and says China isn't playing by the established rules.

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This was Ugly!!!

[sweetheart]

1. The US snoops are using the holes for spying

This sort of crap is typical of the US government:
"a lot of dirty tricks including deception, misinformation, confusion and reckless charging to lobby against WAPI,"

The only purpose to maintain a known-exploitable encryption standard,
is because they are doing the exploiting and do not want a better
standard that they can't exploit.

Technology and science are just political flim flam manipulated by big business
for its primary master, global monopoly and police/prison state.

[bemildred]

2. Spooks playing games.

WAPI is proprietary, based on authentication servers. The Chinese think 802.11i is too weak, so the NSA can crack it. Everybody wants to be able to snoop while pretending they can't/won't.

[mumon]

3. [sigh]

• 802.11i is extendable.
  
• The Chinese want a piece of the intellectual property pie.
  
• They didn't - but could have- participated in the formation of 802.11i. I did.
  

[bemildred]

4. So you think that assertion that 802.11i is crackable is disingenuous?

Most (good) standards are extendable, that is right, but it's not special.
Please expand, if you would, on the intellectual property issue. I hadn't heard that, it's an interesting idea.
The story says IIRC they didn't participate in formation of 802.11.
If you would expand on your point of view, it would be a service to all of us, and I personally would appreciate it.