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Re: Canadian mirror of cryptlib & SSLeay
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael C Taylor)
Tue Jan 14 16:44:23 1997
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:27:51 -0400 (AST)
From: Michael C Taylor <mctaylor@fractal.mta.ca>
To: cryptography@c2.net
cc: Ian Goldberg <iang@cs.berkeley.edu>
In-Reply-To: <5bgrd1$hfo@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu>
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On 14 Jan 1997, Ian Goldberg wrote:
> In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.970114102129.11284B-100000@fractal.mta.ca>,
> Michael C Taylor <mctaylor@fractal.mta.ca> wrote:
> >I made SSLeay available after I spoke with the Department of Foreign
> >Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT, Canada) on Monday. They told
> >me it was no problem to export crypto software from CANADA.
> >
> >The confusion comes from Canada's open border with USA. Due to the open
> >border policy from the 40s (?), Canada agrees to _honour_ export
> >restrictions of *USA origin goods*. This is to close a loop hole of
>
> Also see http://insight.mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/doc/crypto-export.html,
> where Marc Plumb reports how he went through everything needed to export
>
> # If you want to send crypto software over the Internet, you might be
> # allowed to do it without any paperwork. I was told, by Keith Watkins of
> # Revenue Canada Customs and Excise, that Canada Customs does not have the
> # authority to regulate Internet communications. This seems strange to me,
When I spoke to DFAIT they gave no indication to file any paperwork.
Another reference is Bill Unruh's "Excerpts from the Export Control List
of Canada" at <http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL.html>. Canadians can
request a copy of "A Guide to Canada's Export Controls" from their
regional branch of DFAIT. The current edition is dated September 1996.
DFAIT = Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada)
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ECL-locn.html
I hope people don't keep thinking that Canada is regulated by the USA. We
only honour ITAR/EAR controls on "US-origin goods."
- -Michael Taylor
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