If there was a pattern of random customs agents trying to "inspect" your
laptop for crypto, I would worry---mostly about the delay that this would
cause rather than anything else.
But, having travelled in and out of France for the last decade+ I can
categorically state that this has NEVER happene
Dean Anderson writes:
> The IETF could write a letter to the appropriate Ministry to ask for a
> special exemption.
It can't. Declarations and requests for authorization must come from
the vendor or the user.
But in practice, most types of crypto are lightly regulated, or not at
all, if they us
Bill Sommerfeld writes:
> As the next IETF meeting will be in Paris, and France has had something
> a reputation for placing strict controls on the use of cryptography, I
> took a look..
>
> (This is, of course, a matter of potential concern to those of us who
> carry laptops with encryption softw
> "Sam" == Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Bill" == Bill Sommerfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sam> For many programs, it seems like 15 CFR 740.15 (e) or 15 CFR
Sam> 740.17 will allow re-export. I'm not a lawyer; I just had to
Sam> argue too much about this stuff
> "Bill" == Bill Sommerfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bill> has what claims to be a summary. There appears to be a
Bill> personal use exemption of some sort but there's no mention
Bill> of re-export of the laptop you imported when you entered the
Bill> country..
Same deal w
The IETF could write a letter to the appropriate Ministry to ask for a
special exemption.
This may also motivate them to continue the liberalization of the crypto
laws.
'Rarely enforced' doesn't mean that they should be ignored.
--Dean
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
As the next IETF meeting will be in Paris, and France has had something
a reputation for placing strict controls on the use of cryptography, I
took a look..
(This is, of course, a matter of potential concern to those of us who
carry laptops with encryption software for personal use to every IETF
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