First of all, you're the first person I've seen with a Niue address - congratulations! (South Pacific Island suburb of Lompoc :-) At 05:27 PM 11/18/1997 -0800, Brian W. Buchanan <brian@smarter.than.nu> wrote:
I've always been told that software with function hooks for crypto was just as unexportable as crypto itself.
The legal status of crypto-equipment-without-the-crypto-plugin is fuzzier under the current regime than the previous one, but it was basically illegal to export components of a cryptosystem.
doesn't make sense You answered that correctly later: Of course, this is the goobermint we're dealing with...
So don't export that crypto-cellphone - export a phone with voice amplifier software implemented as a plugin, or a digital background noise reducer, or programmable muzak-on-hold replacement, or or even enhanced authentication protocols. They're not crypto devices, they're perfectly normal commercial products, and you're shocked, _shocked_ at the free scratchy-white-noise background music plugin that somebody with entirely no musical taste is shipping, or that some Bulgarian hackers are abusing your phone to provide service to Colombian narcoterroristas in blatant violation of their warranty. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com Regular Key PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639