
17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green) writes:
Commercial data security software of any kind, regardless if it uses crypto or not, is however prohibited from being distributed via the Internet or being exported by any other means.
I can at least vaguely understand the rationale behind restricting the export of cryptography. But I don't even begin to comprehend restricting the export of data security software. What is going on here? Whose idea is this, what is the agenda?
If you read ITAR you will see that State explicity bans export of any operating system with a security rating of B2 or above. The adgenda is pretty obvious. Cheers, Julian <proff@iq.org>