Simon Spero wrote: | On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Peter D. Junger wrote: | > Has anyone figured out how this merger can work, particularly when | > British Telecom will be the surviving party, when those MCI employees | > concerned with the security of communications will not be able to | > disclose any cryptographic software or technical data to their | | It's reasonably trivial to get export licences from both countries | for foreign subsidiaries. Also, British Telecom and GCHQ have a | friendly working relationship, and any merger is unlikely to change | these facts. Phil Karn failed to get an export license for 3des for foriegn offices of Qualcomm, staffed by Americans. See www.eff.org/pub/Crypto/ITAR_export/nsa_3des_export_denial_0396.letter Adam -- Celebrate Guy Fawkes day. Send a revolutionary to Congress.