[7654] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
And so it begins
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eugene Leitl)
Thu Aug 10 18:09:51 2000
From: Eugene Leitl <eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:56:04 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Matt Crawford" <crawdad@fnal.gov>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
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Only laptops, eh? Encrypted media are not mentioned, obviously. And
clearly every modern OS (IPsec, ssh, even Winders' weak encryption)
has "encryption capability".
Spytool Netscape, who would have thought.
Matt Crawford writes:
> This came third-hand, Sandia -> DOE -> me
>
> > > "Per the Office of Diplomatic Security, Department of State,
> > > Egypt, France and Russia have instituted the following: Laptop computers
> > > with encryption capability are considered "SPY TOOLS" and will be seized
> > > or denied entry into the country."
> >
> > We understand that Kazakhstan has a similar position.
>
> "With encryption capability" sounds a little vague, but that's par
> for the course.
>
> There's also an old note on this subject wrt. Russia at
> http://travel.state.gov/gps.html.
