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Date:      Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:34:34 -0800
From:      "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com>
To:        "Wes Peters" <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: US encryption regulations and FreeBSD crypto programs
Message-ID:  <002601bf9948$d9152580$0200000a@danco>

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>   (a) It is the policy of the United States to deny licenses, other
approvals,
>exports and imports of defense articles and defense services, destined for
or
>originating in certain countries. This policy applies to: Albania, Armenia,
>Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Byelarus, Cambodia, Cuba, Estonia, Georgia, Iran,
Iraq,
>Libya, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, North
>Korea, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine,
>Uzbekistan and Vietnam. This policy also applies to countries with respect
to
>which the United States maintains an arms embargo (e.g., Burma, China,
Liberia,
>Somalia, the Sudan, the former Yugoslavia, and Zaire) or for whenever an
export
>would not otherwise be in furtherance of world peace and the security and
>foreign policy of the United States.
>

You'll be happy to know that South Africa is officially off the list in the
current 22 CFR 126.1
(http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=22&PART=126&SECTI
ON=1&YEAR=1999&TYPE=TEXT):

    (a) General. It is the policy of the United States to deny licenses,
other approvals, exports and imports of defense articles and defense
services, destined for or originating in certain countries. This policy
applies to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Iraq,
Libya, North Korea, Syria, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Vietnam. This policy
also applies to countries with respect to which the United States
maintains an arms embargo (e.g. Burma, China, the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Haiti, Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia,
Sudan and Zaire) or whenever an export would not otherwise be in
furtherance of world peace and the security and foreign policy of the
United States....

--Dan

--
Dan O'Connor
On Matters of Most Grave Concern
http://www.mostgraveconcern.com




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