On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Gary wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 

  Yes, but..... You have to get permission from the government to export
the software.  This may only apply to the developer of the program, but I
am not sure.  

  So, exporting high encryption software can still get you in trouble,
depending upon the circumstances.

bug

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