[82704] in Cypherpunks
Re: Dr. Dobbs Cryptography and Security CD-ROM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Bradley)
Wed Jul 2 14:15:20 1997
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 17:10:41 +0000 ( )
From: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
To: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
Cc: schneier@counterpane.com, cypherpunks@infonex.com
In-Reply-To: <v03102808afdfaad7f239@[17.219.103.234]>
Reply-To: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
> A simpler solution (which I believe was used for Unix distribution
> CD's) would be to encrypt the naughty bits using a strong algorithm,
> say 56 bit DES :-), but only distribute the decryption key to
> USA/Canadian citizens. If you could get this past the Export people,
> you could make a single CD available world-wide. Don't forget to
> escrow the key with the French authorities.
If someone made such a CD, then someone who obtained it within the US
posted the key so people outside US/Canada could decrypt the data, who
would be charged with exporting the software? Could there even be a case
for charging anyone, after all, keys are not covered in the export regs????
It`s probably a moot point anyway as I doubt such a CD would be given an
export licence.
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