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Re: more re Encryption Technology Limits Eased
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Weinstein)
Thu Sep 16 17:22:03 1999
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:27:30 -0700
From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@geocast.com>
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To: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
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John Gilmore wrote:
>
> There's a vague and undefined term in the press leaks so far:
>
> One-Time Technical Review
>
> What does this mean? It appeared in some early crypto liberalization
> bills floated in Congressional committees.
Based on my previous experience with the export process, here's what I think
this means:
You have to tell the NSA what you're doing and let them think
about it for a while. You'll have to answer any questions they
have, but they aren't likely to ask for source code. It's not
something you want to do the week before you ship. It's a process
that's likely to take a couple months and involve more than one
face to face meeting with NSA people.
Of course it may mean something completely different. I've been surprised by
what the NSA does more often than not.
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