Re: US relaxes crypto restrictions?

christophe.leroy5@capway.com
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:34:51 +0100


Beware that if you include DES with more than 40 bits,
French people wont be allowed any more to download nor use
Linux. It would be a pity (You cannot import nor use what crypto
you want)

> Is anybody aware of the exact nature of the policy change? What about
> hooks for stronger crypto? If we're lucky, this means that the core
> of the international kernel patch including DES could be distributed
> together with the kernel. This could be a great step forward for the
> security of the Internet.
>

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