I have just updated my survey of existing and envisaged cryptography laws and regulations. See the Crypto Law Survey at http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm This update includes: -update on European Union (ETSI on TTP; Eckhert statement; COM (97) 503 "not important"; Birmingham conference), Council of Europe (PC-CY), Belgium (law amended), Canada (crypto policy discussion paper), France (Lorentz report), Gemany (Sandl statement; no backdoor in Pluto), Israel (export revision), Netherlands (proposals to extend decryption command; TTP project; encrypt to "seize"; use remains free), Scandinavia (PSS no longer Nordic), United Kingdom (policy announcement delayed; SfL resolution), United States (interim export rule; California resolution; czar travels; Compsec Enhancement Act; Kerrey McCain revised; AES conference) -corrections on Estonia (controls were reported), Switzerland (telecom > radio) -clarification on Wassenaar Arrangement (General Software Note), Germany (export), Israel (case-by-case decisions), Sweden (Internet export), US (SAFE versions) -URL added to Canada (gov PKI), Hong Kong (export) Kind regards, Bert-Jaap --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bert-Jaap Koops tel +31 13 466 8101 Center for Law, Administration and facs +31 13 466 8149 Informatization, Tilburg University e-mail E.J.Koops@kub.nl -------------------------------------------------- Postbus 90153 | This world's just mad enough to have been made | 5000 LE Tilburg | by the Being his beings into being prayed. | The Netherlands | (Howard Nemerov) | --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/bertjaap.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------