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Article #765Re: Are DES restriction even logically sound?
From: G.D.Shaw
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 10:26
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 10:26
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In article <18h94qINNlkq@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes: >In article <1992Sep6.094022.28262@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark) writes: >>(4) If it's described in English, is it regarded as software? English is >> executable under a suitably designed specialized natural language >> interpreter. > >When we really have compilers capable of executing free-form English, the >government may adjust their notion of the distinction between software and >human-oriented description. Since the description of DES *is* in a public >domain document (a US FIPS), it's clearly not considered to be a software >implementation that is subject to export restrictions. > True for DES (and indeed most ciphers), but what about intrinsically much simpler systems like RSA? With suitable maths software, the distinction between a 'human-orientated description' and a 'computer program' becomes a very fine one. Graham Shaw (dph3gds@tuda.ncl.ac.uk) Department of Physics, Durham University, England
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!newcastle.ac.uk!tuda!dph3gds From: Graham.Shaw@newcastle.ac.uk (G.D.Shaw) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security Subject: Re: Are DES restriction even logically sound? Message-ID: <Bu990J.JDn@newcastle.ac.uk> Date: 8 Sep 92 10:26:42 GMT References: <1992Sep6.071901.21881@uwm.edu> <1992Sep6.094022.28262@uwm.edu> <18h94qINNlkq@early-bird.think.com> Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: tuda