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> 
> You will note from the header that Mr Morini is in Italy. You may also 
> note that DES is not exportable outside the US.
> 
You're right, I apologize!  Still, Linux uses DES by default but it was 
first written in Finland.  Can somebody explain?  Is there a European 
distribution of the Linux kernel and core uitlities, perhaps?