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Re: Java Crypto API questions
On Fri, 31 May 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
> At 8:15 5/31/96, Moltar Ramone wrote:
>
> >My guess would be that the first of these two points answers the second.
> >Everything is exportable -- except signed third-party security packages.
> >My bet would be that the exportable code would not be more than RC4-40 or
> >perhaps 1DES, but that a signed package would go to RC4-128, 3DES, and
> >RSA-1024. However, the signature on that package would be on the
> >condition that the vendor/distributor of that package follow all export
> >regulations.
>
> Where does this leave foreign vendors? Will Sun sign the 3DES package of a
> foreign vendor?
Probably. But they won't be able to export the signed 3DES package :)
It leaves foreign vendors in trouble, is where.
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