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Exporting cryptosystems in pieces: Re: Question [NOISE, mostly]
Cc: [email protected],
The cypherpunks list has been discussing ITAR again. :-)
>> If it is illegal (by our governments standards...) to export programs
>>like PGP, etc., and you can send the whole source code in a message
>>because that is also considered illegal, then could you send the code,
>>broken up into many pieces, and send THAT in Email, would that be
>>illegal?
Exporting components of military hardware, including cryptosystems,
is also specifically banned by ITAR. How big a piece is enough to get
you prosecuted is a question for the nastiest of the N prosecutors out there,
and whether you can be convicted is a question for the best of
the 12 jurors you'll have....
Vince Cate's arms exporter page lets you export a highly-useful
fully working cryptosystem in three lines with one mouse click
(developed by Adam Back and an international cast of dozens.)
Adam Back's export-three-lines-of-PGP-at-once is a more blatant
test of this; go see his web pages.
Here's my two bits worth - the following bits are components of
PGP, Netscape 3.0b5, and also of RSAREF.
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