1996-12-31 - Re: New crypto regs outlaw financing non-US development

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From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: dfd3580847f34400c9bc6ebe75d9377d7ac6af0f89e7f43b1d97be61dacc903a
Message ID: <5abv68$e12@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu>
Reply To: <3.0.32.19961228225731.006b3080@netcom13.netcom.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-12-31 21:05:32 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 13:05:32 -0800 (PST)

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From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 13:05:32 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: New crypto regs outlaw financing non-US development
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In article <3.0.32.19961228225731.006b3080@netcom13.netcom.com>,
Lucky Green  <shamrock@netcom.com> 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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