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> > THe algorithms are export controlled. PKP is probably not allowed to 
> > export the algorithm for the purposes of obtaining a patent!
> 
> Isn't it only the implementation of the algorithms as computer
> programs that's export controlled?

Yes. Bruce Schneier's book "Applied Cryptography" contains source code
for a lot of different crypto algorithms. The book can be (and indeed
is) freely exported from the US. The *diskette* containing the source
code can *not* be exported (at least not so far - the case is continuing.
See http://www.qualcomm.com/people/pkarn/export/index.html.)

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no