Question about USA crypt export restrictions

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From: Ben Polk
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:35

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Do the US crypt export restrictions prohibit distibution of
executable code that uses RSA to protect passwords?  I seem
to remember hearing the restrictions were limited to things
that could be used to encrypt arbitrary data.

Ben Polk
polk@metaphor.com

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