I used to follow export issues in 1997/1998 at which time any 'hard-
to crack' encryption was not exportable [hence all sorts of
implementations using 40 bit keys]..yet any crypto used solely
for authentication purposes was exempt. This has changed over the
years and of course different
Thomas Narten wrote:
> Mike Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> And while it isn't a surmountable problem
>>
>> 5. We are being forced to treat all of our IPv6 enabled protocols
>> such as FTP as encryption items by the U.S. export authorities
>> because the U.S. government thinks they must
Does this mean that Microsoft went and got approval for every Windows PC
since XP came out? Or that every PC manufacture (including hand helds and
Windows Mobile cell phones) had to do register too?
Seems a bit extreme to me.
Eric
On 2/29/08, Ed Jankiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> wow. I
wow. I've never heard of the Bureau of Industry and Security. I'll do
a little digging, hopefully can get an opinion from someone at NSA. It
seems like an overly simplistic assumption that all IPv6 products are
encryption items. I'll post anything I discover that is "approved for
public rel
Mike Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> And while it isn't a surmountable problem
>
> 5. We are being forced to treat all of our IPv6 enabled protocols such
>as FTP as encryption items by the U.S. export authorities because
>the U.S. government thinks they must be since IPv6 "includes
