Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:07:00 +0100 | From | Alexander Kjeldaas <> | Subject | Re: US relaxes crypto restrictions? |
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On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 04:23:15PM +0100, Paul Wouters wrote: > > Didn't the French sign the Wassenaar Agreement? (www.wassenaar.org) > that means they would also need to change their laws to allow the > "encryption that is in the public domain". Ofcourse, that entire > sentence renders wassenaar useless, so prob none will implement that > rule. > > Politcs, ugh :) >
The Wassenaar agreement basically sais that if you allow export of plutonium, you have to tell the other Wassenaar nations x days in advance so that they can respond to the threat.
astor
-- Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway http://www.guardian.no/
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