Re: Non-U.S. crypto laws

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From: Claus Tondering
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:25

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gerben@rna.indiv.nluug.nl writes:

>France:

>  A law has been passed, stating you need a permit to use cryptohgraphic  
> soft- or hardware. But the law is not in effect yet, because they
> still have been  unable to think of a workable scheme to implement
> it. So currently, it is legal, but it might become illegal as soon
> as the implementation has been arranged.

I don't get this. If cryptographic SW or HW is illegal, how do you define
cryptography. If I invent another character set and translate from ASCII
to this new character set, will I be breaking French law? What is the
difference between another character set and a simple cryptographic system
with character-by-character replacement?

What about binary files? How can anyone tell the difference between a
binary file (containing, for example, a compiled version of a program)
and an encrypted text?

-- 
Claus Tondering
Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark
E-mail: ct@dde.dk
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Subject: Re: Non-U.S. crypto laws
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