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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security.pgp
- Subject: Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.192210.10839@netcom.com>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 19:22:10 GMT
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- Derek Atkins says there are plans in the works to produce a "de novo"
- version of PGP using RSAREF, starting with the PGP interface specs.
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- If that product is to be usable in the U.S., whoever does this is
- going to have to import IDEA legally, under the munitions act. Otherwise
- one would not be able to decrypt messages sent with the non-U.S. version,
- PGP 2.x.
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- David
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