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Re: crypto restrictions
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anand abhyankar <[email protected]> writes:
> i am a bit confused. what exactly are the us govt crypto regulations.
Hard to tell, really...
> what i mean is that :
Oh, this is one of those easy questions!
> 1) is it illegal to develop an encryption tool (s/w) in the US which
> uses > 40 bit size session keys and then export that s/w outside of the
> US.
Yes.
> 2) is it illegal to encrypt some data inside the us with a key > 40 bit
> in size and then send that data outside the US.
No.
HTH,
Jer
"standing on top of the world/ never knew how you never could/ never knew
why you never could live/ innocent life that everyone did" -Wormhole
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