>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-OpenMail-Hops: 2 >Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:18:29 +0800 >Subject: TechWeb article on Encryption Issues in India >TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >India Warns Against U.S. Security Software >(01/14/99, 8:31 p.m. ET) >By Malcolm Maclachlan, TechWeb > >Internet privacy advocates have said for >years that limits on encryption exports >could cripple the U.S. software industry, >and now the Indian government has agreed >with them. > >In a statement that has gone mostly >unnoticed in the United States, the Indian >Defense Research and Development >Organization (DRDO) on Monday issued a >"red alert" warning against all U.S.-made >network-security software. > >In a letter to the Central Vigilance >Commission (CVC), an Indian intelligence >agency, the DRDO cited the limits the U.S. >government places on encryption exports as >the reason for the alert. The U.S. >National Security Agency limits most >exported products to relatively weak >64-bit encryption. > [...] >The head of the CVC indicated that he >might soon make it mandatory for all >Indian financial institutions to buy only >security software developed in India. In >its announcement, the DRDO said it was >working on a prototype security protocol >for India, due out within three months. [...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
