On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 03:57:52PM -0400 or thereabouts, Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
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> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Didn't the rules on exporting crypto change recently? Enough that now,
> > unless you're one of the so-called "Terrorist countries" you're allowed to
> > d/l crypto software from US sites.
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> You are not allowed to export 128-bit software from the US, but you can
> export it to Canada only. If the software is open-source, and has most of
> the code coming from another country than the US (openssl comes from
> Australia originally, now Switzerland and Germany while openssh comes from
> europe originally but now is in Canada), I think it should be safe to
> export it.
Actually, the US law has changed a few months ago, and 128 bit is okay to
export. This was demonstrate by a US Congresman from California who was the
first to send the PGP program to someone in England. It made the papers
nationally. It really is no longer a problem. In fact, if you go to PGPI
(Internationl) website, www.pgpi.com, to download the latest version, it
will send you to the US site for downloading.
Regards,
Gary
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> I am not a lawyer, but this is what I understand from a lot of reading.
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