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1998-11-18 - Re: FC: More on Network Associates and its crypto-politics

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To: “Douglas L. Peterson” <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM>
Message Hash: 671de46988e71fe6dca7cf8111c971f4e937ade6ebd6103f2974c2675e6c2547
Message ID: <199811182025.MAA21320@smtp.well.com>
Reply To: <v04020a04b277c6d69429@[139.167.130.246]>
UTC Datetime: 1998-11-18 21:07:29 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 05:07:29 +0800

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 05:07:29 +0800
To: "Douglas L. Peterson" <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM>
Subject: Re: FC: More on Network Associates and its crypto-politics
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You're not a US corporation that hopes to use the same software
domestically and abroad, for instance. 


At 01:07 PM 11-18-98 -0700, Douglas L. Peterson wrote:
>Declan McCullagh wrote:
>> 
>> William -- your speculation may be true, but for now we can settle for
>> fact: they do support export controls. It makes sense, too: export ctrls
>> create an artificial market for key recovery crypto, which TIS will be
>> happy to sell to you.
>
>Wouldn't this only work if import controls were put in place?  Right now
>there is very little to keep me from buying non-GAK software from
>someone
>other than TIS.
>
>-Doug
>www.TheServerFarm.net
>

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