From: jimbell@pacifier.com (jim bell)
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:10:54 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NSA, ITAR, NCSA and plug-in hooks.
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> > >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?!?
>
>"specifically designed"?
>
>nathan

That makes it easy:  Just make sure that you also write a compressor or
filter program with similar compatibility, and nobody can argue that the
hooks were SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED for encryption.