[1442] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: crypto export laws
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Holger Reif)
Wed Feb 7 05:54:49 1996
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 96 09:17:46 +0100
From: Holger.Reif@PrakInf.TU-Ilmenau.DE (Holger Reif)
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
> Can anyone give me the facts on the current cryptography export laws for
> internal corporate use? That is, if my company wants to communicate safely with
> our own branch offices abroad via WANs, can we use 128 bit encryption for that
> communication? Or are we restricted to 40 bit once the communication leaves the
> US (virtual) border?
Short try:
You CAN use strong _encryption_ beyond your US-Border, but
you CAN'T use an US-Product for this since it is not allowed to be exported.
So you must look for a non-US-Solution or develope your own (in your abroad
office of course)
