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Article #364Re: Encryption using 32,000 bit keys? Why not?( alt.2600)
From: qu
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 00:00
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X-Orig-MsgId: <kusbt7fdy29.fsf@buphy.bu.edu> anti@spamming.org ([ Dr. Jeff ]) writes: > According to ITAR, you cannot legally export any program which > uses an encryption key longer than 56 bits (i.e. DES) to anywhere > outside the USA or Canada (assuming you live there) unless you get > permission first. > And in no event can you export such software to such countries as Libya, > Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and certain other "hot" countries. yeah, strong encryption is considered "munitions", same as, for instance, a nuclear bomb. (hmm, i thought i thought i just read it was 40 bits max. well, that was an old book (1996 :), and besides, what's a few bits among friends? :) -- While the brown ale he quaffed, Loud then the champion laughed, And as the wind-gusts waft The sea-foam brightly, So the loud laugh of scorn, Out of those lips unshorn, From the deep drinking-horn Blew the foam lightly. --Longfellow
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1552e4,8196d2ea665c5a76,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1552e4,public From: qu@f.f Subject: Re: Encryption using 32,000 bit keys? Why not?( alt.2600) Date: 1999/12/25 Message-ID: <842c0k$ibh$1@news1.bu.edu> X-Deja-AN: 564765531 References: <83pf4p$q3i$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <QvbY4gN47E9J092yn@muq.org> Original-Sender: qu@f.f X-Orig-Newsgrp: alt.2600 Organization: . Newsgroups: bu.localpostings