In article <v0310280cb031dea9cd30@[207.167.93.63]>, Tim May <tcmay@got.net> wrote:
All credit to Goldberg and all, but hardly accomplishing very interesting goals (helps Ian get a good job, that's certainly true). Maybe it'll cause slightly stronger crypto to be allowed for export...I don't really care too much about that.
In fact, the whole focus on _exports_ and doing things to make exports easier is a _detour_, even a _derailment_. As I've said, I'll start worrying about Netscape getting a license when they start paying me. Until then, foreigners should just bypass what Netscape provides and use drop-ins.
I have to disagree here. The export issue is very important to me. For me, crypto export isn't about Netscape getting their 128-bit crypto overseas; it's about me being allowed to publish my research on the net, or give "technical assistance" to foreigners. As long as the current export regs are in place, my ability to publish, collaborate in, and by extension, perform, research in pure or applied cryptography is severely hampered. The effect the crypto regs have on me is that any time I want to actually _implement_ something and publish it, I have to wait for school breaks, go home (to Canada), do all of the work there, and publish it from there before I return to Berkeley. This obviously cuts down on the rate at which I can get things done. Americans don't even have this option. If not for problems like this, S/WAN would certainly be further along than it is now. - Ian