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1996-11-05 - Re: British Telecom merger with MCI

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From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu (Simon Spero)
Message Hash: 7d254147fa98724e881e0ff2b756bfd6effb3f1c5c2a86d9deccac47f09c50dc
Message ID: <199611050326.WAA14085@homeport.org>
Reply To: <Pine.WNT.3.95.961104152209.-1035279A-100000@hilly.oit.unc.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1996-11-05 03:31:09 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 19:31:09 -0800 (PST)

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From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 19:31:09 -0800 (PST)
To: ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu (Simon Spero)
Subject: Re: British Telecom merger with MCI
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Simon Spero wrote:

| On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Peter D. Junger wrote:
| > Has anyone figured out how this merger can work, particularly when
| > British Telecom will be the surviving party, when those MCI employees
| > concerned with the security of communications will not be able to
| > disclose any cryptographic software or technical data to their
| 
| It's reasonably  trivial to get export licences from both countries 
| for foreign subsidiaries. Also, British Telecom and GCHQ have a 
| friendly working relationship, and any merger is unlikely to change
| these facts.

Phil Karn failed to get an export license for 3des for foriegn offices
of Qualcomm, staffed by Americans.  See
www.eff.org/pub/Crypto/ITAR_export/nsa_3des_export_denial_0396.letter 

Adam


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