Re: US relaxes crypto restrictions?

thomasz@hostmaster.org
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:36:02 +0100

> The US Government considers this kind of crypto hook the same as exporting
> crypto. (Kind of the way that some religions equate lusting after a woman the
> same as adultry. Allowing crypto into your source is the same as encrypting in
> the real world.)

What if we set up encryption hooks and include a 56-Bit DES library?
AFAIK this is perfectly legal (Microsoft and Netscape are doing the same).
Someone outside the US (or better the Waasenar Agreement) could provide a crypt-daemon or kernel-module for _R_E_A_L_ encryption then.

Thomas

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