[43420] in Cypherpunks
Re: NSA, ITAR, NCSA and plug-in hooks.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter D. Junger)
Wed Nov 15 07:58:59 1995
To: pc@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu
Cc: s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Nov 1995 10:09:07 EST."
<Pine.3.89.9511140929.A25609-0100000@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 07:26:56 -0500
From: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu>
Resent-To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Resent-From: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@pdj2-ra.F-REMOTE.CWRU.Edu>
: It kind of sickens us that we had to do it, but so be it.
:
: Patches that re-implement the PEM code may be available at a foreign
: site soon. If it does show up, we'll point to it - that can't be
: illegal!
I see no reason why they should not be as ``illegal'' as the
crypto-with-a-hole sillyness. Pointing to software is a pretty
effective way of disclosing it, and disclosing cryptographic
software--apparently including holes--to foreign persons without a
license is a violation of the ITAR.
Of course, the ITAR itself is illegal as it applies to cryptographic
software, but I agree that one does not want to be the defendant in a
criminal case based on those unconstitutional provisions.
--
Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
Internet: junger@pdj2-ra.f-remote.cwru.edu junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu
