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Re: New crypto regs outlaw financing non-US development



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In article <[email protected]>,
Lucky Green  <[email protected]> wrote:
>First the good news: the export controls mentioned in the draft of the regs
>on any kind of data security software, regardless if it uses crypto or not
>did not carry into the final version.

But it _specifically_ restricts virus-checkers (and, also, it would seem,
backup programs, but that could be stretching it):

ECCN 5D002.c.3:
# ``Software'' designed or modified to protect against malicious
# computer damage, e.g., viruses

   - Ian "_not_ a U.S. Person"

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