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Re: PGP



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>>>>> "Sentient1" == Sentient1  <[email protected]> writes:

Sentient1> Esteemed GentlePersons, Could you settle a dispute?  Is it,
Sentient1> or Is it not, legal to take PGP source code and the like
Sentient1> out of the country if it is written on paper?

Yes, it is legal to export cryptographic source code in printed form -
the exact same code that is illegal to carry out on a floppy
disk. (See the preface to Zimmermann's book "PGP Source Code and
Internals," published by MIT Press.)

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C Matthew Curtin    [AT&T|Bell] Labs     Internet Gateway Applications Group
http://www.att.com/homes/matt_curtin.html PGP OK [email protected]

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Version: 2.7.1
Comment: Have you encrypted your data today?

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mXQN0E3EWW5GBujfd7TSJhMsPddXXJOaO+4HDoV8E7Q6D4kE3/GiHx6E8uBJ0Zdb
8Q77oXChYWrSB/p5HTwDoxGyk4svFMkey88X+Y/9JYia2ZBtoSEPl2WAJd8mhkTZ
FPNugHTdfMg=
=8y6/
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