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- From: karn@servo.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn)
- Subject: Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.050329.29596@qualcomm.com>
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- References: <1992Dec15.110814.27222@netcom.com> <a_rubin.724442396@dn66> <1992Dec18.230642.9747@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 05:03:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.230642.9747@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
- >In this he fails to distinguish between ideas and algorithms (permitted
- >via footnote in ITAR) and programs and software code (specifically
- >prohibited).
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- I'm glad you can draw such a precise, clear line between these two
- categories. Where would you place the mathematical expressions
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- C = M^e mod n
- and
- M = C^d mod n
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- given that they can be typed directly into some of the fancier
- infinite-precision mathematics packages and executed? Is this an
- algorithm (not controlled) or a piece of software code (controlled)?
- Perhaps it becomes "software" only when I put semicolons on the end of
- each formula?
-
- Phil
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