paul: On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Paul Robichaux wrote:
the NTT chipset for use, say, in a Motorola cell switch (made in IL) would seem to be problematic. Buying chips in Japan for shipment to Moto's phone factories in Singapore and Malaysia, however, would appear to be OK. Under
So the companies simply ship their _entire_ production facility offshore, to whichever country has no crypto export regulations. << Any guesses on just how long ITAR stays around, once several companies announce they are terminating the employment of 1000+ people, for work overseas, because of ITAR? >> And doing all of their manufacturing offshore means they could use Triple-DES, or BlowFish, or any other crypto algorithm. xan jonathon grafolog@netcom.com ********************************************************************** * * * Opinions expressed don't necessarily reflect my own views. * * * * There is no way that they can be construed to represent * * any organization's views. * * * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * * * http://members.tripod.com/~graphology/index.html * * * ***********************************************************************