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In <1993Jan6.053553.9663@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil (Keith Petersen)  wrote:
# 
# kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko) writes:
# >-Password Encryption
# >
# >	Sensitive data files can be scrambled with password protection.
# >	The security of this feature has been significantly improved in
# >	PKZIP/PKUNZIP 2.04c.
# 
# Due to the restrictions on the exporting of encryption technology, this
# program cannot be legally offered by any FTP site in the USA or Canada
# that can be accessed from other countries,
# 
# We'll have to wait for an "Export Version", which will hopefully be
# supplied by PKWare as they did for PKZ110. 

  Perhaps PKWare should subcontract the encryption code to one
  of the software shops in the xUSSR, Korea, Japan, India, etc.
  That would get them around the US restrictions.  It's what
  other companies (such as IBM) are doing, and the encryption
  algorithms are well-known everywhere.

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