Re: Crypto-smart-card startup Inside Technologies

["Cedric Ingrand" <cedric@isicom.fr>]

> >There's an article in the January 29 _EE Times_ about a French
> >cryptographic-smart-card startup called Inside Technologies.
> >Tidbits:
> 
> I find it in a way amusing that a country which
> have very weird attitude towards use of crypto
> (it is not allowed to be used) tries to set 
> standards and provide new technology. If they
> are that opposing to use of strong encryption
> how on earth they can be providing it to others
> and get those others to believe there is no
> catch in it?

The use of encryption is in no way forbidden in France. It just has
to be approved beforehand, which up to recently amounted to pretty
much the same (-:. But, due to industry pressure, things are changing.
Netscape can now market its secure server in France, as well as the
export-version browser. I haven't heard of anyone having their PGP
approved yet though..

Best, Cedric.