-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <3.0.32.19961228225731.006b3080@netcom13.netcom.com>, Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> wrote:
First the good news: the export controls mentioned in the draft of the regs on any kind of data security software, regardless if it uses crypto or not did not carry into the final version.
But it _specifically_ restricts virus-checkers (and, also, it would seem, backup programs, but that could be stretching it): ECCN 5D002.c.3: # ``Software'' designed or modified to protect against malicious # computer damage, e.g., viruses - Ian "_not_ a U.S. Person" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMsl//0ZRiTErSPb1AQH3UgP/a9usiLoJbIpn1XNzSvqDftGPxeuoHO00 WRlaYxm4xIsADedp8xheTQB+cl0gjb10HLwBJ5FUGdbzZkGTEbsW9RQe7OX2t4vB /6t75K+N6le7A/uJN0oNkmNz+5v5JaaDcsmjOHADzHsGEUFkN3JhRa7YUz83PVOk zAAyHoSECNs= =aLLo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----