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Re: Export restrictions usa/europe
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Murray)
Mon Jul 3 19:55:45 2000
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 15:34:56 -0700
From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
To: Barry W <barry@xs4all.nl>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
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On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 12:14:08AM +0200, Barry W wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know where I can get a good detailed description of the Crypto Export Restriction for transporting crypto hardware out of the states
> (to europe) ?
> I want to buy some radio-hardware in the states that uses a 64 bit key (according to the borchure), but is in fact uses nothing more that a 56 bit DES key.
> Since it is not a 100% sure it uses DES they might claim it uses a '64 bit key' ...
>
> Would it be legal for a usa resident to ship the radio's to europe ?
> And would it be legal for me (as a european) to take the radios with me to europe ?
Check out Bert-Japp Koops' Crypto Law Survey.
http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm
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