Crypto in court Friday at 10

Oral argument is scheduled for 10:00-11:00 Friday, 18 October 2002, in
front of Chief Judge Marilyn Hall Patel in Courtroom 15 on the 18th
floor of the Federal Building in San Francisco, 450 Golden Gate Avenue.

Basic court rules for attendees: Bring a photo ID. Dress up. Don't bring
any dangerous items. Once you're in the courtroom, don't make any noise,
wave any protest banners, or otherwise distract the judge. Exception: If
you don't laugh at the judge's jokes, you'll be thrown in jail. :-)

I'll be representing myself, and arguing for another ``summary
judgment,'' i.e., victory on the basis of the law without a trial.
Meanwhile, Tony Coppolino will be representing the government, and
arguing that the defendants should receive summary judgment.

Big legal questions:

   * Can the government regulate publication and other communication of
     information merely because it could aid criminal activity?

   * Should computer-comprehensible instructions have less First
     Amendment protection than non-computer-comprehensible instructions
     that have the same effect?

We might also argue various smaller issues: for example, what I'm doing,
details of the regulations, etc. The flow of discussion is up to the
judge.

---D. J. Bernstein, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago