1994-06-07 - Re: The Crypto Home Shopping Network

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From: Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu>
To: cypherpunks list <cypherpunks@toad.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-06-07 04:38:54 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 6 Jun 94 21:38:54 PDT

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From: Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 94 21:38:54 PDT
To: cypherpunks list <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: The Crypto Home Shopping Network
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> A year or so ago, my employer's export control expert said that
> decrypt-only strong crypto for intellectual property protection was
> exportable (in object code form only).

Seems to me it's pretty hard to make a stream cipher decrypt-only.
A little hacking around and you can do what you want with the stream.

   Eli   ebrandt@hmc.edu
(or you could snarf PGP from Finland, but Commerce hasn't clued in on that)

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    • 1994-06-07 (Mon, 6 Jun 94 21:38:54 PDT) - Re: The Crypto Home Shopping Network - Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu>