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Subject: Re: encryption exports
From: C Matthew Curtin <cmcurtin @ research . megasoft . com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 21:52:06 -0400 (EDT)
To: sgcccdc @ citec . qld . gov . au
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <8525647B . 000B0C36 . 00 @ mta2 . lotus . com>
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Reply-to: cmcurtin @ research . megasoft . com

>>>>> "sgcccdc" == sgcccdc  <sgcccdc @
 citec .
 qld .
 gov .
 au> writes:

sgcccdc> 1) Is 128-bit RC4 exportable from the US to a gov't/financial
sgcccdc> body?

An exception needs to be made in any case where you're exporting
anything with a key that big.

sgcccdc> 2) If I have a head office in the US and branch offices
sgcccdc> elsewhere in the world what are the export restrictions?

The same as if you were a software publisher trying to sell your stuff
to someone abroad.

sgcccdc> 3) If I have a branch office in the US and I am a gov't body,
sgcccdc> what if any, are the export restrictions?

uh... that sort of depends if you're a government agency that has to
follow rules :-)

See the text of the stuff for yourself...
http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/ITAR_export/961230_commerce.regs

-- 
Matt Curtin  Chief Scientist  Megasoft, Inc.  cmcurtin @
 research .
 megasoft .
 com
http://www.research.megasoft.com/people/cmcurtin/    I speak only for myself
Death to small keys.  Crack DES NOW!   http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm



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