Re: US relaxes crypto restrictions?

christophe.leroy5@capway.com
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:47:11 +0100


> On Jan 12, 2:37pm, Alexander Kjeldaas wrote:
> > Subject: Re: US relaxes crypto restrictions?
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 12:35:28PM +0000, Matthew Kirkwood wrote:
> > > On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Alexander Kjeldaas wrote:
> > >
> > > > According to
> > > > http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557828890-57c.
> > > > the US will relax its crypto restrictions to a point where exporting
> > > > DES is legal. This potentially means that a lot of stuff that hasn't
> > > > been in the kernel now could be integrated.
> > >
> > > If you don't want French people using Linux...
> > >
> >
> > What are the French rules regarding crypto hooks?
>
> You are allowed to dangle from them until dead.
>
> Useful Crypto is illegal in France.
>

What do you mean by Useful Crypto ?
My company has the right to sell 3DES inside France and export
DES

christophe

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