Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 23:23:01 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Change in crypto policy in France Message-ID: <19990120232301.A23753@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <19990120225600.B6919@caamora.com.au>; from jonathan michaels on Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 10:56:00PM %2B1100 References: <4.1.19990119174108.04756380@mail.lariat.org> <XFMail.990120073155.asmodai@wxs.nl> <19990120225600.B6919@caamora.com.au>
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According to jonathan michaels: > on teh web .. i've just seen people say how bad it is .. could you explain > what the wassenaar arrangement is and how it would be bad, please The main thing is that export for commercial usage/products is restricted to the same level as in the USA (i.e. RC2/40, RC5/40 and so forth). DES may be at 56 bits (not sure here). What is really delicious is that free software is not restricted apparently. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #69: Mon Jan 18 02:02:12 CET 1999 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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