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- From: craig@jido.b11.ingr.com (Craig Presson)
- Subject: Re: RSA outside the US
- In-Reply-To: mathew's message of Mon, 12 Oct 92 14: 22:54 BST
- Message-ID: <1992Oct12.190125.6337@b11.b11.ingr.com>
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- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama
- References: <1992Oct9.233126.10429@uoft02.utoledo.edu> <Vo0isB15w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 19:01:25 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <Vo0isB15w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
- jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner) writes:
- > please correct me if i'm wrong, but in reading the FAQ my mind started
- > to boggle & i need to clarify this:
- >
- > 1. RSA is pretty much a standard in Europe.
- > 2. it is illegal to export RSA stuff from the US.
-
- Absolutely correct, unless you get official permission for the export.
-
- The rules were recently loosened just a little so that "mass-market"
- software packages using RSA's RC2 and RC4 algorithms can be exported
- freely, and the review process streamlined for others. They didn't
- budge on DES, though. Source: Software Publisher's Association,
- Washington DC.
- [...]
- However, they do mean that no US company that might compete with Mantis can
- use DES or RSA in products it ships to Europe. Neat, huh?
- You've been warned! Duck!
-
- mathew
- --
- You can communicate with me securely using PGP 2.0. For more information
- send mail to pgp@mantis.co.uk.
-
- Ditto. Send info to pressonc@ingr.com (I'm moving this week and my
- subdomain will change).
-
- -- Craig Presson
- New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other
- reason but because they are not already common.
- -- John Locke
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