Problem: I will be spending a couple of months chilling out in Barcelona, Spain. I will have a local Internet account/dial-up in that city, and will use it to telnet into my various US-based accounts. This is how I plan to keep in touch with various people while I am gone. Questions: 1 - Is the importation of two laptops and it's various peripheral devices by a US citizen into Spain going to be a problem? I know it is in some European countries. 2 - Will having PGP 2.6.2, with 2048-bit keys, or any key length for this matter, installed on these two machines, cause a problem? 3 - What about having SSH and ESM installed on the laptops? Will this set off red flags as well? Now, I see a work around if this is a problem, but would like advice on this also: If I generate a temporary PGP key, and distribute it prior to my departure, and then store it on the US-based server (not a good idea, but it is a temporary key, and if it is not a problem in Spain, SSH and ESM would be in use) then bouncing out of Spain via telnet into US-based computers to process encryption/decryption, key management, etc, any encryption would never actually take place on servers outside of the US. Would this be a viable workaround? Or should I just say fuck it, and just disavow myself of any reason/need for PGP for the duration of my stay? If this is gonna be a problem, I'll just forego anything requiring encryption while I am in Spain. I have no interest in smuggling crypto in, or defying international law just to use PGP for personal use. If it's not allowed, I simply won't use it. But, I MUST be able to bring my laptops into the country. That HAS to happen. My Research: I tried to find these answers myself via conventioanl methods, and either there was no information available, or the embassy people I spoke to weren't sure. (Go figure!) So now I ask for your opinions. se7en