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Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:36:09 -0500
Stephen Zander writes:
> >>>>> "Perry" == Perry E Metzger <perry@piermont.com> writes:
> Perry> I'm not sure that U.S. law can legally prohibit you from
> Perry> simply putting up strong crypto for open FTP. It may
> Perry> reasonably be that the crime is committed by the person
> Perry> doing the download, not by the person putting up the file
> Perry> for download. You can go to perfectly ordinary gun stores
> Perry> throughout the U.S. and buy ACTUAL munitions without
> Perry> showing a passport, you know.
>
> But can you take them through US Customs?
If you download a file, who's taking it out of the country? The people
who do the download are a much more obvious possibility than the
people making the file available.
> I understand the point you're making, but the reverse of your
> question is "why don't Netscape (or whoever) just make
> strong-encryption products available from their ftp sites"?
Because they are big and thus have lots of money to lose. Large
companies often do things that are unnecessary for that reason.
> Presumably they have asked a lawyer.
Yes, and the lawyer probably said "be safe."
Perry
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:16:09 ADT