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- From: robert.heuman@rose.com (robert heuman)
- Subject: RSA Data Security Not
- Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 07:26:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.072643.353@rose.com>
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- Date Entered: 12-18-92 02:15
- tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) said:
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- T(> This is exactly a battle being fought by U.S. suppliers of crypto and
- T(> security tools. If they cannot export their products, and users of
- T(> their products cannot export either, then there are competitive
- T(> losses.
- T(>
- T(> Ironically, the market for crypto tools may then develop and flourish
- T(> outside the U.S., with some products being "allowed in" to an
- T(> increasingly backward U.S. market.
- T(>
- Remove the MAY from the above paragraph. The correct statement is the
- the market IS developed and does flourish, and that the US is losing
- out on market share. Of course, until the rules are changed, and the
- nonsense about crypto is ended in the US, this will continue.
-
- Incidently, the export controls also make it illegal to export
- anti-virus shareware, but NOT illegal to export anti-virus
- shrink-wrapped software sold over the counter (read them carefully to
- find the exemption). Another example of silly rules. F-PROT or the
- McAfee suite of programs cannot be exported under these rules (F-PROT
- originates in Iceland, so the author does not care about these US
- rules) but CPAV, NAV and Untouchable can be exported. This makes about
- as much sense as the rules re export of Crypto. Anyway, SCAN and
- CLEAN, etc., by McAfee are exported all over the world (or imported
- at the other end), ignoring the rules. Take the bull by the horns and
- do the same for all of the Crypto material.
-
- Bob Heuman <robert.heuman@rose.com>
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