1996-03-27 - Re: About Triple DES ……

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From: Mutant Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
To: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-27 14:55:11 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 22:55:11 +0800

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From: Mutant Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 22:55:11 +0800
To: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: About Triple DES ......
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Rich Graves wrote:
[..]
> At some point in this exercise, though, we might be "raising awareness"
> among the wrong people, to cite Tim May. I wouldn't want NAFTA, the WTO,
> and so on enforcing ITAR.

It's conceivable that companies could appeal to those organizations to 
repeal ITAR crypto limits (unless an international crypto treaty is set 
up... uh ohh), since the limit unfairly disadvantages North American 
companies, and to some extent even foreign companies that might 
manufacture software in the US.





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