[107267] in Cypherpunks
RSA goes downunder [/.]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Fri Jan 8 00:30:09 1999
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:40:15 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Forwarded message:
> X-within-URL: http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17185.html
> 5:40 p.m. 6.Jan.99.PST
> A leading supplier of data-scrambling software opened an Australian
> branch office Wednesday to bypass US export restrictions and secure
> the talents of two renowned software engineers.
>
> Brisbane-based cryptographers Eric Young and Tim Hudson now form the
> core of RSA Data Security Australia. The branch plant will allow the
> company to more easily sell its security-software components to
> foreign companies.
>
> "[The Australian facility] is a harbinger of the way the world is
> changing," said Scott Schnell, senior vice president of marketing for
> RSA Data Security, based in San Mateo, California. "What we have just
> done allows us to compete on an equal technological footing with all
> the other companies that have sprung up internationally."
>
> The new office could also send the message to Washington that current
> US Commerce Department regulations prohibiting the export of strong
> encryption are outdated and short-sighted.
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