[87376] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crypto Legality Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Will Rodger)
Mon Sep 29 19:06:56 1997
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 16:54:49 -0400
To: jim.burnes@ssds.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Will Rodger <rodger@worldnet.att.net>
In-Reply-To: <199709291924.NAA24744@denver.ssds.com>
Reply-To: Will Rodger <rodger@worldnet.att.net>
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At 01:25 PM 9/29/97 +0000, Jim Burnes wrote:
>
>I have a theoretical situation which some person or
>lawyer might know the answer to. (not that lawyers are
>not people...oh never mind).
>
>Anyway..
>
>ACME corporation, a mostly Canadian outfit with a major
>subsidiary in the US, wants to roll out corporate wide crypto.
>
>Most of their network operations are in the US except one
>of their offices in Ireland.
>
>Question (1): Can they buy a strong crypto package in the
>US and physically roll it out to both Canada and Ireland.
Nope. Though Canada allows export of strong crypto generally,
Canadians may not re-export US products once they enter the country.
>Question (2): If Canada is OK, but Ireland is out of the
>question, can Irish employees simply procure a compatible
>strong crypto package from, say, Finland? This assumes
>that the message traffic from the Irish office to the US is
>not covered by commerce dept regs, just the export of
>software. Since software isnt being exported, is everything
>legal?
Yup. As you could imagine, US export laws are set up to try to avoid
such compatibility whenever possible. This is also a reason why PGP
Inc.'s recent shift to crypto services and away from relying on
crypto sales exclusively is a relatively big deal. If everyone has
the software, PGP Inc. can provide services to those folks a lot more
easily. PGP 5.0, of course, is out there on the Net for the taking
worldwide.
Cheers.
Will Rodger
Washington Bureau Chief
Inter@ctive Week
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