Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Nicholas J. Leon" <> | Subject | Re: unusual startup messages | Date | Thu, 31 Oct 1996 12:41:20 -0500 (EST) |
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# You have it almost right.
As do you ....
# # Export of _any_ encryption algorithm (not just DES) from the US to # anywhere (except Canada?) is illegal without the proper permits.
Only algorithms that exceed a key length of 40 bits are illegal to export. In fact, there is a bill floating around congress to raise that limit to 56 bits, but even that jump scares our government.
# Lewis Tanzos - lewis@ds9.lesn.lehigh.edu - lewis@tulgey.com N! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nicholas J. Leon nicholas@binary9.net "Elegance through Simplicity" http://www.binary9.net/nicholas "You're just a Sega suicide, 16 bits, genocide."
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