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1995-11-04 - Re: using PGP only for digital signatures

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From: James Black <black@eng.usf.edu>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Message Hash: d32d229aca293e36a117ddd1e578baa2f3839fb1cee66257ae8809ba971ff3e0
Message ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951104170057.2588C-100000@fourier>
Reply To: <199511042157.NAA09158@ihtfp.org>
UTC Datetime: 1995-11-04 22:18:25 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 06:18:25 +0800

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From: James Black <black@eng.usf.edu>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 06:18:25 +0800
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: using PGP only for digital signatures
In-Reply-To: <199511042157.NAA09158@ihtfp.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951104170057.2588C-100000@fourier>
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Hello,

On Sat, 4 Nov 1995, Derek Atkins wrote:

> It is still illegal for them to export it, however any foreign
> national can walk up to any computer store and by anything they wish,
> and take it on the plane with them.  Therefore, in an institution of
> higher learning, the same standards should be allowed.  If the
> government does not want your student to have access to possibly
> "dangerous" information, then they should not be allowed into the
> country at all.
> 
> Therefore, I say just make PGP available to your students.

  I'm trying, but all the legal angles need to be covered first.  This 
answer helped a great deal though.  Just remember, I am just an undergrad 
student. :)
  Thanx.

James Black

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