[CQ] Recordind? - Re: Encryption in the Amateur Service - Santa Clara, California, April 24
giovanni_re
john_re at fastmail.us
Mon Apr 15 05:31:17 UTC 2013
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Bruce Perens wrote:
> Amateur Radio WiFi, Encryption, HIPAA, and HSMM-MESH
>
> Santa Clara California, April 24
> *At the Santa Clara ARES/RACES Monthly Meeting
> 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM,
> 1900 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050**
> *
> At their last board meeting, ARRL considered a request to change the
> amateur radio rules to allow the use of encryption on the air. This was
> the first meeting of what will probably be a long process.
>
> *
...>
*/But proposed rule changes to allow encryption could be a disaster for
> ham radio:/*
Hi Bruce. :)
Sounds interesting.
Have you thought of video reording this talk?
>
> * Amateur radio isn't for private communications, but encryption would
> make communications private.
> * Frequencies that carry encrypted traffic are no longer shared
> frequencies. Hams who don't know the cryptographic key can neither
> monitor nor participate.
> * Encryption defeats self-policing in the Amateur service.
> * Encryption facilitates the use of frequencies for purposes we don't
> desire in the Amateur spectrum.
> * Amateur Radio must be /harmless/ in order to continue to be
> supported by governments. But encryption removes any assumption that
> the content of a communication is harmless
>
> The prospect of encryption on the Amateur airwaves has been so
> contentious that ARRL's High-Speed Multimedia committee disbanded when
> half of the members walked off in anger over the topic. The HSMM-Mesh
> group prohibits discussion of encryption and the FCC rules on their
> message boards because discussion has been so acrimonious. This,
> however, has prevented them from arriving at any solution and a
> consensus among Radio Amateurs on the issue.
>
> *Fortunately, there **/are /**solutions and consensus /is /possible.
> Bruce Perens K6BP explains:*
>
> * What are the HIPAA requirements?
> * How does ham-frequency WiFi work?
> * WiFi distance records vs. practical radio links.
> * What is /Fresnel distance,/ and how does it effect WiFi
> communications?
> * What other forms of digital communications can we use?
> * How does WiFi security work? Would it be secure over Amateur Radio?
> * What sort of encryption does Part 97 permit today?
> * What's the difference between /authentication/ and /encryption?/
> * Can we authenticate without obscuring information?
> * What is a /zero-knowledge proof/, and how can we use it on Amateur
> frequencies?
> * What are "Part 15 on-ramps", and how do they differ from Amateur
> communications?
> * What is OpenWRT, and how can it help us?
> * What is HSMM-Mesh?
> * What is end-to-end encryption, and how does it differ from WiFi
> security?
> * Should there be a capability for regulators and others to decrypt
> recorded messages after acquiring the key? Why isn't SSH/SSL the
> best protocol for this function?
> * Should we use end-to-end encryption for patient information?
> * Is there a chance for changes to HIPAA that would protect our served
> agencies?
>
> Bruce Perens K6BP is one of the founders of the Open Source movement in
> software, and an expert witness and consultant who makes his living
> explaining technological issues to lawyers, judges, corporate officers,
> and government agencies. He is presently involved in the development of
> Codec2 an Open Source ultra-low-bandwidth digital voice codec for radio,
> and FreeDV, the Open Source HF digital voice application using Codec2.
> See freedv.org <http://freedv.org/> for more information. Perens founded
> /No-Code International /and successfully evangelized for the elimination
> of the Morse code examination for Amateur Radio licensing worldwide. He
> is the creator of /Busybox, /the foundation of embedded Linux and an
> important component of OpenWRT and the HSMM-Mesh software. He is a
> keynote speaker worldwide, and spoke at the /United Nations Summit on
> the Information Society/ at the UN's invitation.
>
> Contact Bruce via email to bruce at perens dot com, or phone +1
> 510-4PERENS (510-473-7367).
>
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