-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sat, 21 Sep 1996, Dan McGuirk wrote: >>| > If I want to go to a country outside the United States to write >>| > cryptographic code that will be freely distributable, what's the best >>| > place to go? >>| >>| Or, on the other hand, is there no way that a U.S. citizen can legally do >>| this? >> To which Adam Shostack replied: >> Thats not clear. The ITARs seem, on their face, to create a >>prior restraint on speech based on its content, and forbid Americans >>the right to leave the country to pursue their livlihoods. The odds >>of geting persecuted seem pretty low. Could be. But prominent crypto atty. Ken Bass told me he thought such actions would be vigorously prosecuted - quicker than you could say "global proliferation." Thing to notice here: no prominent cryptographer in the US has come forth and said "yes, I helped write strong crypto abroad." Which isn't to say most of them aren't traveling abroad frequently these days - take, e.g. the presence of M. Blaze, W. Diffie et al. at the OECD in Paris this week. >> As to the (predictable) comment that I'm not doing this, I'd >>be happy to entertain offers of crypto work that are not in the US, >>possibly leading to me being a test case. >> Call before you do, Adam; I'd kill to have that story first... Will Rodger Washington Bureau Chief Inter@ctive Week -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.9 iQEVAgUBMkXvQ0cByjT5n+LZAQGLyQf8Ctlf2JVeYI8Ws47YovJ0fhF3nzf9ihLd nHzZNqGpEVGVcOXYw2u84jV68y9Y7M3vdo/BDZCA3G0T8zZopmpiNZHgblh15ndP jPdYRkz4+7NnEn/Tz/1LQS6SVp/LA1G/qoCCNqGuYneSVkZxxsoeoEp9ZdCMhDE9 iq7IEI+pyY44vnSWvo65YNQZXt4thf94E94pspoNWC+DNwRDj8BkK28MpM3vduqD i/cViVUcKOLVg/b31HTVrq0rwWClfD0+J4a4F8AcGcf4SwedGCVaUAdSWRw0FQTJ 6AioCSd5Cs/g9k+xxaqRMzExJcBphwnlCZvA+qpgjY+KdagaEqJwGA== =vyTv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----