Jeff Gehlbach writes: : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : : I apologize if this is a dead horse, but... : : Is granting use of crypto software running in the US to a remote user : outside the US considered exportation? For example, if allow my friend in : Paris to use a PGP binary residing and running on my PC in Washington, is : either of us violating any ITAR or similar restrictions? Nothing about the ITAR is unambiguous, but since what is forbidden is ``exporting'', which includes ``disclosing to foreign persons'', and since use is not forbidden, it is hard to see how what you suggest could violate the ITAR. (And I don't know of any other U.S. law or regulation that it could violate.) On the other hand, it may violate French law, which, or so I understand, does forbid the use of crypto unless the keys are made available to the French government. But I really don't know anything about French law. -- Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH Internet: junger@pdj2-ra.f-remote.cwru.edu junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu