1995-12-03 - French crypto restrictions - update ?

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From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-12-03 09:54:01 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 17:54:01 +0800

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From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 17:54:01 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Subject: French crypto restrictions - update ?
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Sorry, this has nothing to do with Netscape's position on GAK:

Jim Clark writes (via Jeff Weinstein):
> Until recently, France did not even
> allow us to sell products with 40-bit keys, much less 128-bit keys.

I'm curious about this. Were Chirac et compagnie simply dragging their feet
on granting a license, have they made an actual policy change, or did they
realize they could do what Damien did ? It would be interesting to see more
information on this development. (There's a paranoid conspiracy theory I
could add to the pile here, but I don't believe it and we seem to be knee-deep
in them at the moment....)

-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
Let's wait and see

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  • 1995-12-03 (Sun, 3 Dec 1995 17:54:01 +0800) - French crypto restrictions - update ? - futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
  • 1995-12-05 (Tue, 5 Dec 95 13:47:13 PST) - Re: French crypto restrictions - update ? - Laurent Demailly <dl@hplyot.obspm.fr>