[47455] in Cypherpunks
Re: CryptoAPI and export question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Thomas)
Thu Jan 18 01:23:18 1996
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 01:12:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Joe Thomas <jthomas@access.digex.net>
To: Tom Johnston <tomj@microsoft.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com, cryptapi@microsoft.com
In-Reply-To: red-32-msg960118020915MTP[01.52.00]000000b5-14588
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Tom Johnston wrote:
> Two points: the CSP development kit is export-controlled; and signing a
> CSP developed by a foreign vendor is treated as a export -- so the signature
> is export-controlled.
The *signature* is export controlled?!? What the hell kind of sophistry
could the State Department use to deny an export license to a signature?
Joe
