Re: Crypto banned in France?

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From: tomstdenis
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:33

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Mxsmanic wrote:
> Grumble writes:
>
> > LOI n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 further opened the flood gates.
> >
> > "Ce texte [...] apporte de profondes modifications au cadre juridique de
> > la cryptographie. Désormais l'utilisation, la fourniture, le transfert,
> > l'importation et l'exportation de moyens de cryptologie est libre
> > [quelle que] soit la longueur des clés de chiffrement, dès lors qu'ils
> > assurent exclusivement des fonctions d'authentification et d'intégrité."
>
> "... dès lors qu'ils assurent EXCLUSIVEMENT DES FONCTIONS
> D'AUTHENTIFICATION ET D'INTEGRITE."
>
> What about encryption?

"est libre soit la longueur des cles"

...

I think they mean you're unrestricted in the length of your
authentication keys.

All I know is for hippies like me who used to give out free crypto code
they don't really care one way or another.  For commercial products
it's best to stick to public means and you're probably safe.

Just don't work in the USA :-)

Tom

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