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Re: Java Crypto API questions
Andrew Loewenstern wrote:
>
> Moltar Ramone writes:
> > Probably. But they won't be able to export the signed 3DES
> > package :) It leaves foreign vendors in trouble, is where.
>
> Sun can export the signature though. The vendor already has the package,
> they just need the sig/cert...
Not likely. Sun will probably be required to agree not to do this
as a condition of exporting software with "pluggable crypto". Software
with hooks for crypto functions is treated the same as the actual crypto
as far as the ITAR is concerned.
--Jeff
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