FYI:POLITICS:CRYPTO:SAFE - Export restrictions no more? (fwd)

Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Mon, 5 May 1997 20:30:30 +0200 (MET DST)


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Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 21:48:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: FringeWare News Network <email@Fringeware.COM>
Cc: Micah Anderson <micah@smmedia.com>
Subject: SAFE - Export restrictions no more?

Sent from: Micah Anderson <micah@smmedia.com>

>From the DES challenge mailing list
(see http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm
to contribute... and maybe even win $10,000)
the following appeared:

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> Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 23:25:39 -0400
> From: Scott McIntyre <smcintyr@eden.rutgers.edu>
> To: Deschall List <deschall@gatekeeper.megasoft.com>

Saw this relevant story on news.com on 4/30/97.

"A House subcommittee today approved a
bill that would remove most of the Clinton
administration's current restrictions on the export of
encryption technology. "

". . . intended to eliminate the White
House's export regulations on strong encryption,
basically letting software vendors export crypto
technology of any strength provided that it is being
used for legal purposes. "

The full story is at:
"http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,10249,00.html"

Scott McIntyre
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smcintyr@eden.rutgers.edu
DES Rutgers - http://nowhammy.dorm.rutgers.edu - Break the Code

Micah

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> Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 12:29:15 +0000
> From: Joe Corcoran <joe@hosaka.SmallWorks.COM>
> Subject: New Encryption Export Regulations

The following bill is up for consideration by the Congress.
At first blush, it appears considerably better than the
current encryption regulations. It prohibits mandatory
key escrow...

http://www.cdt.org/crypto/legis_105/SAFE/hr695_text.html

joe corcoran