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Article #4392Re: PGP illegal in Australia ?
From: Jack Stands
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:00
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On 06 Nov 1998 13:11:10 -0500, Zdzislaw Meglicki <gustav@blanc.ovpit.indiana.edu> wrote: please explain. How about if I Import it. Thats not exporting if im on the receiving end. Print a list of ISP's who wont allow it so we know who not to sign up with. ISP's are a dime a dozen. We have they money They want it. >dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) writes: > >> PGP (and MUDs) are quite legal in Australia. It is just illegal to export >> PGP from the US. > >It is illegal to export PGP code and binaries, but it is not illegal >to export PGP book and code in a text format. This indeed has been done. >The book containing the whole PGP code had been printed and exported to >Europe. There the book has been read back using OCR, and PGP is not >freely available from Europe without any export restrictions. > >> Having said that, indivisual ISPs may elect to ban PGP or MUDs for >> whatever reason they wish. > >I'm not sure they can do that. PGP is a tool you have installed on your own >private machine, you can encrypt any correspondence and put it in your >own private mail messages as plain (although undecipherable) text. Then >you use your Internet provider simply to send that e-mail to the addressee. >What can they do about that? > >-- > Zdzislaw Meglicki, gustav@indiana.edu, Indiana University, OVPIT, > Franklin Hall 116, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-2801, USA, > ph: 812-856-5597, fax: 812-855-3310, CU-SeeMe: 129.79.207.179 > http://blanc.ovpit.indiana.edu/gustav Free automotive and motorcycle techie advice site Jacks Stands http://www.users.bigpond.com/jack_stands/ Free Software, Links and more. Nothing For Sale. Free software,links and articles.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb57f,ae8afa173013ab9f X-Google-Attributes: gidfb57f,public X-Google-Thread: 1083c4,98b468a7de04968f X-Google-Attributes: gid1083c4,public From: free@auto.advice.site (Jack Stands) Subject: Re: PGP illegal in Australia ? Date: 1998/11/10 Message-ID: <36478a93.1173799@news.bigpond.com> X-Deja-AN: 410141345 Sender: Jack Stands References: <36416511.CEF8E189@inreach.com> <3641d9f6.2926322@news.prosurfr.com> <71tth7$kvv$2@news.mel.aone.net.au> <x7n2641ykh.fsf@blanc.ovpit.indiana.edu> X-Complaints-To: abuse@telstra.net X-Trace: nsw.nnrp.telstra.net 910658362 139.134.5.33 (Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:39:22 EST) Organization: Telstra Big Pond Direct NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:39:22 EST Newsgroups: sci.crypt,aus.general