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- From: wcs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs)
- Subject: Re: DES source code for Aliens
- Organization: Your typical phone company involved in your typical daydream
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 21:49:02 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.214902.27422@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Aug24.071236.3172@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au> <BtKAxs.Cyy@world.std.com>
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- In article <BtKAxs.Cyy@world.std.com> ariel@world.std.com (Robert L Ullmann) writes:
- ]Note that it is entirely legal for US citizens (or anyone in the US)
- ]to IMPORT DES code; do feel free to access the FTP sites mentioned.
-
- Various people have pointed out that the US Government's [alleged]
- justification for banning crypto software export is that it's "armaments",
- and that US Law does allow the government to restrict trafficking in armaments.
- Importing crypto software may not be illegal now, but it could
- become illegal quite easily, and possibly even by administrative rule-making
- without requiring the help of Congress. So import it while you can!
-
- (Of course, the way the War On Politically Incorrect Drugs is going,
- privacy-protection software may soon be declared an "Assault Weapon",
- but that's a rant for alt.conspiracy :-)
- --
-
- Pray for peace; Bill
- #Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 wcs@anchor.ho.att.com AT&T Bell Labs 4M312 Holmdel NJ
- # Any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced ...
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