[107991] in Cypherpunks
Re: Australian Crypto? (Re: Export ban kills Nexus' WHO deal)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Sun Jan 31 13:03:58 1999
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 09:56:13 -0800
To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
>RSA (as well as other players in this space) have learned how to make
>money in a regulation-rich atmosphere, and probably won't be harmed by
>more of it. It's a barrier to entry to smaller, less politically
>connected, less legally savvy companies who might want to compete.
At the recent Bay Area meeting of the President's Export Council
Subcommittee on Encryption, Secretary of Commerce, William Reinsch, agreed
with a question from the audience that there is no lawful requirement for
companies to present their products for export approval by the DOC prior to
export.
--Steve
