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On Thu, 29 May 1997, Petri Helenius wrote:

> I wonder why the press makes so much of an issue about this since SSH
> has been available across the globe with 128 bit triple-des for
> years...

Because this is a large US based corporation trying to tell the goverment
that the ITAR regulations are hurting it's business and therefore must
attempt to bypass them by buying its crypto from a company from a
country that not long ago was their mortal enemy?

> Pete
> 

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