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Article #2769WordPerfect and US crypto laws
From: Claus Tondering
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 14:09
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 14:09
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As far as I know, US laws forbid the export of cryptographic software. However, WordPerfect contains a (very simple and insecure) cryptographic feature. And WordPerfect is exported from the US with this feature. Why is this legal? Is it because the code is so easily broken? Is this the very reason for making the code so incredibly simple? -- Claus Tondering Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark E-mail: ct@dde.dk ------------------------------- Why do they never serve pizza on airplanes?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!enterpoop.mit.edu!eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!dkuug!dde!ct From: ct@dde.dk (Claus Tondering) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: WordPerfect and US crypto laws Message-ID: <1993Jan5.140949.4485@dde.dk> Date: 5 Jan 93 14:09:49 GMT Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S Lines: 13