Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 11:01:51 +1100 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Change in crypto policy in France Message-ID: <19990121110151.C7737@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19990120232301.A23753@keltia.freenix.fr>; from Ollivier Robert on Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 11:23:01PM %2B0100 References: <4.1.19990119174108.04756380@mail.lariat.org> <XFMail.990120073155.asmodai@wxs.nl> <19990120225600.B6919@caamora.com.au> <19990120232301.A23753@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 11:23:01PM +0100, Ollivier Robert wrote: > 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. yes, this is teh bit i fond most interesting, all sorts of places are poping up and saying you cant do 'commercial' 'strong encryption', but you can give it away, as in freeware .. japan is teh most recent one, i;ve notices and only as part of teh ip6 thingies in the KAME project. interesting to see what happens next .. grin sortta regards jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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