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- From: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
- Subject: Re: Are DES restriction even logically sound?
- In-Reply-To: jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid)
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- Reply-To: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- References: <1992Sep6.071901.21881@uwm.edu> <1992Sep6.094022.28262@uwm.edu> <18h94qINNlkq@early-bird.think.com> <Bu990J.JDn@newcastle.ac.uk> <JIM.92Sep8132601@hunter.cs.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:31:58 GMT
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- >Indeed. I suppose that Tanenbaum's book "Computer Networks" must now
- >also be classed as munitions since the first edition included Pascal
- >source code for a DES implementation.
-
- Hmm. So when a law enforcement agent comes and tries to rob your cash
- with civil forfeiture, it is a good defense to carry "Computer
- Networks" with you all the time so you can shoot the robber with it,
- and since the government has decided that the book indeed is munition
- the robber who is working for the government must abide by the
- government's decision and die?
-
- Does this also mean that there are minimum waiting periods and
- background checks required before you are allowed to buy "Computer
- Networks?"
-
- Inquiring minds want to know.
-
- //Jyrki
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