Messages in this thread | | | From | thomasz@hostmast ... | Date | Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:36:02 +0100 | Subject | Re: US relaxes crypto restrictions? |
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> The US Government considers this kind of crypto hook the same as exporting > crypto. (Kind of the way that some religions equate lusting after a woman the > same as adultry. Allowing crypto into your source is the same as encrypting in > the real world.)
What if we set up encryption hooks and include a 56-Bit DES library? AFAIK this is perfectly legal (Microsoft and Netscape are doing the same). Someone outside the US (or better the Waasenar Agreement) could provide a crypt-daemon or kernel-module for _R_E_A_L_ encryption then.
Thomas
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