Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 31 Oct 1996 16:02:54 -0500 (EST) | From | Nathan Bryant <> | Subject | Re: unusual startup messages |
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, . Tethys SYSTEM ADMIN X wrote:
> > >Export of _any_ encryption algorithm (not just DES) from the US to > >anywhere (except Canada?) is illegal without the proper permits. > > Are you sure about this? I always understood it to be export of > encryption technology based on keys greater than a given length > (currently 40 bits? 56 bits?) that was illegal. Export of anything > less than this key length is allowed.
You can export any algorithm with a key length of 40 bits or less.
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