From: jimbell@pacifier.com (jim bell)
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:11:07 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NSA, ITAR, NCSA and plug-in hooks.
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Scott Brickner <sjb@universe.digex.net> writes:

>Jeff Barber writes:
>>Does anyone know the ostensible justification for this?  What section of
>>the ITARs do they point to when they say "this is illegal"?  I've perused
>>an online copy of ITAR (no, I haven't read all of it -- I have other
>>things I want to do this year :-), but I can't find a section that could
>>be construed to support this contention.
>
>I think it's 121.1, Category XIII paragraph (b) item (5):
>"Ancillary equipment specifically designed or modified for paragraphs (b)
>(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this category;"

Question:  What makes computers in general NOT describable by such a
paragraph?!?