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In article <1992Nov6.085140.18307@nntp.hut.fi> jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala) writes:
>In article <WCS.92Nov5231548@rainier.ATT.COM>, wcs@anchor (Bill Stewart +1-908-949-0705) writes:
>>If you want a product plug, AT&T / NCR's WaveLAN product uses
>>spread-spectrum radio, which is hard to intercept and relatively
>>tolerant of noise and other LANs in the same area,
>>and offers an optional DES encryption chip (US only, I assume)

>Just a comment about semantics .. it hardly makes sense to talk about
>"US only" encryption devices, since it is the USA who has the export
>and use restrictions (via export laws, software patents and apparently
>by control of law in the future), not the rest of the world.  You
>probably mean "not to be exported from USA", assuming you are talking
>about U.S. companies.

Minor quibble.  It's not *just* the US.  Any country which is a signatory
to the COCOMM treaty (which will include most of NATO, much of Europe
and many other countries) has to respect US export regulations.  Ie:
Canadian companies had to submit applications to COCOMM (via the dept of
External Affairs) for the export of certain technologies, including DES.

>There are several DES chip and device manufacturers in Europe who are
>glad to sell and glad about increased sales due to the export
>restrictions.

Depending on which country they're in, it may be illegal for them to
export it too.  However, as long as they don't export it, they'll
not have difficulties with US Export regulations or COCOMM treaties,
and they'll reap the sales benefit of not having to compete with the US
or any other COCOMM country.