[52494] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv4 country of origin
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Thu Oct 3 11:40:12 2002
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <ssprunk@cisco.com>
To: "Ralph Doncaster" <ralph@istop.com>,
"Rick Ernst" <erond@legendz.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:10:31 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Thus spake "Ralph Doncaster" <ralph@istop.com>
> That's basically all Netscape & Microsoft were doing when they had to
> restrict 128-bit SSL. They threw in the requirement to enter your address
> & phone number, but they had no way of telling if you were entering your
> address, or the one you got from doing a four11.com lookup of John Smith
> in Plano, Tx.
The new crypto regulations allow shrink-wrapped software to be exported if the
receiver claims to be authorized; there is no legal requirement on the exporter
to actually verify this status...
I really wonder if there's any point in regulating at all, if they're going to
be so blatantly stupid about it.
S
