From owner-freebsd-security Sat Apr 22 12:23:17 1995 Return-Path: security-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id MAA29964 for security-outgoing; Sat, 22 Apr 1995 12:23:17 -0700 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA29958 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 1995 12:23:16 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.3.6) id AA08584; Sat, 22 Apr 1995 15:23:03 -0400 Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 15:23:03 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9504221923.AA08584@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Paul Traina Cc: security@FreeBSD.org Subject: US regulations on 'hooks' for encryption In-Reply-To: <199504221855.LAA10750@precipice.shockwave.com> References: <199504221855.LAA10750@precipice.shockwave.com> Sender: security-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > In the old days, I seem to recall that we had regulations prohibiting > the export of code that had 'hooks' showing where encryption would be > used, if it was available. > I thought this changed back in '92, and now we can export everything except > the encryption technology itself. Hmmm. This would seem to contradict what Jim Bound was yelling at the Danvers open plenary... Although I'm not sure I entire believed what he was saying, anyway. The only way to get a definitive answer is to ask the Department of State, and my understanding is that they will not give a blanket answer, but only a yes-or-no for an individual piece of code (which has to be renewed every time the code is changed). -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant