Re: Export Strong Crypto (was: reference)

Mark Rosen (mrosen@peganet.com)
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:03:39 -0500

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>I'm not sure that U.S. law can legally prohibit you from simply
>putting up strong crypto for open FTP. It may reasonably be that the
>crime is committed by the person doing the download, not by the person
>putting up the file for download. You can go to perfectly ordinary gun
>stores throughout the U.S. and buy ACTUAL munitions without showing a
>passport, you know.
>
>Now, I Am Not Giving Legal Advice, and I Am Not A Lawyer. But I will
>point out that the feds might be very, very reluctant to make someone
>into a test case on this.

    Actually, Kremlin has been (and still is) freely available for download.
You can get it from http://www.mach5.com/download/krem211.exe with no export
restrictions, clicking yes, nothing!
    I figure that if I'm going to set up a business, I'd better become
legal! :-)

- Mark Rosen
http://www.mach5.com/

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