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> 
> >It's also inconsistent with what I know, since though DES may
> >be published, it's still not freely exportable. Ask any large
> >company, with adequate in-house legal staffs, who publishes DES.
> 
> Well, McGraw-Hill sells Andy Tennenbaum's (sorry if I misspelled his
> name) book on computer networks world wide, and it has full DES
> sources in it. I guess that their lawyers disagree with you. Even if
> they don't, whats the point -- the Russians already have damn good DES
> chips and have for years. Who cares if its illegal if the law serves
> no rational purpose?

No. David is right.  DES is widely published overseas as well as here. But
even given that fact, an American vendor may not EXPORT a product that DOES
DES, at least not without explicit permisission from the gummint.

I know, I know.  It doesn't make any sense to me either.  And I can assure
you that it is a royal pain in the behind for any person or company with a
product that performs encryption.  Especially since most foreign
competitors are not, to the best of my knowlege, saddled with such
restrictions.

-tony

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