Strong encryption

[Robert Holtzman]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 04:35:09PM -0700, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:
> 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.

I had a problem unravelling his headers so I made the rash assumption
that he was in the U.S. Even if I'm wrong, there aren't many first world
countries that will kick your door down for using/exporting "strong"
encryption.

> 
> You might look at this link:
> 
> http://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/pgp-faq/pgp-faq-general-questions.html
> 

That link had another link to cwis.kub.nl that I would love to read but
Cox claim's it can't be found.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
Key ID: 8D549279
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
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