Messages in this thread | | | From | (Robert Nichols) | Subject | Re: unusual startup messages | Date | Sun, 3 Nov 1996 00:55:06 GMT |
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.961101232926.30413L-100000@chaos.ao.net>, Dan Merillat <Dan@merillat.org> wrote: : :40 bit crypto in the kernel, seperatly maintained patches for more bits. :Thanks to those who pointed that out, I had forgotten that 40 was the :legal limit (like 40 bit crypto isn't a joke...)
FWIW, I believe that the regs currently require an export license for *any* crypto, regardless of the key length, unless it is solely for authentication and not usable for hiding information. It's just that approval is pretty much assured for key lengths of 40 bits or less. Even then, I expect there would be a problem if increasing the length was just a matter of changing a couple of constants somewhere.
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