17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
"P. J. Ponder" writes:
The FIPS Pub (?180? ?181?) for the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) states in the fine print at the beginning that SHA is export controlled. I don't have the document to refer to right now, but it plainly states that SHA falls under ITAR. As a cryptographic hash function, why would it be controlled in this way?
Because the feds aren't stupid -- they know you can use any good hash algorithm as the core for a block cipher. Perry