Strong encryption

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 16:08 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 04:11:51PM -0700, Doug Robinson wrote:
> > Does anybody have a feel for the problems associated with
> > distributing software that employs Strong Encryption.
> > 
> > I have looked around and there is a number of good things
> > out there but I wonder if the US Feds are still throwing
> > hissie fits every time this stuff appears in public?
> 
> They probably are but since Phil Zimmermann, the creator of PGP, 
> beat them in court I don't think you have too much to worry about. 
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong. 

Some European countries had stronger rules about encryption than the
U.S. when encryption became cheap enough (in terms of computing power)
to use routinely.  Encryption was considered a munition in France and
may still be considered a munition there.  The U.S., of course, had
export rules about cryptographic software which could never really be
enforced due in part to the international reach of the Internet.

You might look at this link:

http://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/pgp-faq/pgp-faq-general-questions.html

It has some pretty good information about PGP related to both legal and
technical issues.

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