Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 06 Feb 2000 18:03:56 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Encrypted File systems implementation into the kernel? |
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"Michael H. Warfield" wrote: > > > The biggest issue in the new U.S. regulations is the "foreign > > government" provision. I intend to file a comment recommending that > > this provision be removed, since it is inherently unworkable. This > > provision prohibits someone in the U.S. from "knowingly" export to a > > foreign government end-user (*any* foreign government, not just T-7.) > > This is of course idiotic, since it just takes someone *else* in that > > country downloading the stuff and giving to their government -- or the > > government getting an ISP account making them look like someone else. > > Whomever does that would be breaking U.S. law, but that's meaningless > > since they're outside U.S. jurisdiction. > > I saw that... Things like checking for .mil and .gov client sites. > How BOGUS! Still, only applies to binaries and not to open source software > SOURCES but that's little solace since Linus said that you planned to > include some binaries on the site. >
*Especially* bogus since .mil and .gov are TLDs used by the *U.S.* government, quite specifically!!!! They also said to watch out for .gouv, which isn't even a domain.
-hpa
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