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In article <1992Dec22.215815.3172@netcom.com>, strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
|> Since I don't like to argue for argument's sake

;-}

|> 2. For RIPEM's cryptographic components (DES and RSAREF) to somehow
|> be rewritten de novo outside the U.S. to be consistent with national
|> crypto and patent laws, thus permitting communications between the
|> U.S. version of RIPEM and any other.
|> [...]
|> I suspect 2. is unlikely without some illegal export from the U.S.

Oh really?!

Think about it!  DES is available Out There.  RSA is available Out There.
The PEM documents are available Out There.  All one has to do is send
a few RIPEM encrypted messages Out There for someone to figure out the
necessary glue for a RIPEM clone.  It's NOT that hard to reverse engineer.

Whoever does will have made a legal means of private mail exchange with 
subjects of the USGovernment, which could be worth the effort to someone
who needs same.
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