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Re: Changes in Russian licensing of cryptraghical tools
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Mon Jan 21 10:28:29 2008
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:03:06 -0800
To: Alexander Klimov <alserkli@inbox.ru>
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <TheMailAgent.468794df57cf06@f27c2aaaefbcdbc64e>
At 12:23 AM 1/20/2008, Alexander Klimov wrote:
>Given what is required to get a license (for example, 4.b in the
>first document, says that one must have people trained in
>information security), I guess the new law is not supposed to
>limit use of cryptography by ordinary people, but to limit
>distribution of snake-oil by self-proclaimed "professionals".
I would have guessed the opposite - it's designed to prevent
customized encryption solutions that actually work,
but not to prevent mass-market products.
Since you don't need a license for totally inadequate crypto,
you can still sell snake-oil customized for your users.
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