[44849] in Cypherpunks
Re: Solution for US/Foreign Software?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike McNally)
Wed Dec 6 17:59:32 1995
From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 16:36:06 -0600
To: jimbell@pacifier.com (jim bell)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <m0tNR0t-00093sC@pacifier.com>
jim bell writes, carefully avoiding the "Return" key:
> 1. Write a program limited to keysize ...
> 2. Get it export approved. Export it.
If you do step 1, then step 2 is impossible. If your application is
constructed such that a non-export-approvable cryptosystem can be
dropped on top, then you will not get export approval. (I know this
from our direct experience here.)
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