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Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de)
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:30:18 +0100
Anonymous wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Marcus Watts wrote:
>
> > I think most of the interesting
> > internet traffic that needs protection goes
> > through those 33 countries.
>
> There are no export restrictions on encrypted data. As long as the
> software gets distributed underground there should be no export
> problems with running the traffic thru Wassenaar countries.
>
> The hard part with underground distribution is how do you get paid,
> but since every true Cypherpunk supports open source freeware...
Some countries like France have restrictions on the use of encryption.
Presumably that has no effect at all on encrypted data routed
through these countries, i.e. from a location outside of the 33 to
a location outside of the 33. However, for illegal export, i.e. from
a location inside the 33 to outside, the regulation does have one
essential impact: it renders the update (maintenance) difficult
and the integrity of the software (e.g. whether it contains virus
through manipulation by certain agencies) hard to verify, particularly
if it is binary.
M. K. Shen
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:02