From: mgream@acacia.itd.uts.edu.au (Matthew Gream)
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 94 19:02:08 PDT
To: rishab@dxm.ernet.in
Subject: Re: PGP in Australia
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"rishab@dxm.ernet.in" wrote:

> Unless Australia forbids _importing_ crypto, not a crime. PGP 6 is the MIT 

There are no restrictions on importing crypto into Australia, there are
some on export (hardware only) due to COCOM. 

ObBtw, I recently queried our Attorney-General's department on this
topic, along with, inter alia, questions relating to whether Clipper
like systems are of interest to authorities in Australia. The reply,
the AG's Security Division, was that `I understand that encryption is
not an issue' -- but he acknowledged they'd been following the US
controversy.

I'm still waiting for some replies back from another Government Dept
and have a few other avenues to chase up, when I do I'll make available
the information (if this particular geographic oddity is of interest
to anyone ?).

Matthew.

-- 
Matthew Gream
Consent Technologies
Sydney, (02) 821-2043
M.Gream@uts.edu.au