Dear Wei Dai I understand that ITAR prohibits the export of strong crypto and that is why I was puzzled that Ms Glenda Barnes, the Director of Marketing in Cylink, said that Cylink could export the same crypto (i.e. DES) that was used in the U.S. to local banks here in Malaysia. She also claimed that Cylink could also export a 128-bit DH key size. (is it strong enough in the first place? )
I'm confused : Either she's pulling wool over the attendees' eyes or Cylink has got some pretty good connections.
She could not have been mistaken as she was replying to a specific question about the ITAR and the export issue of strong crypto.
Can anyone help?
There are provisions for exporting DES for banking purposes. Generally it is a hardware card that "can't" be reused outside of the banking transfer machine. I don't know the details of how such licenses are applied for, but I have a friend you used to work in that area. On 128-bit DH - No-where near big enough. Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Oelke Alcatel Network Systems droelke@aud.alcatel.com Richardson, TX