-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <v0310280bb003e90f25d0@[207.167.93.63]>, on 07/29/97 at 11:43 AM, Tim May <tcmay@got.net> said:
This is called "providing crypto hooks," at least in the many threads on this list and on Usenet where the details of this have been discussed.
It is generally interpreted--but there has not yet been a good court case to test it, that I know of--that providing a "hook" or place to drop in crypto is a violation of the ITARs/replacements for the ITARs.
Ditto for exporting expertise designed to circumvent the ITARs. Thus, RSADSI cannot tell Rivest and the others to go take a 6-month in Monte Carlo or Switzerland and develop the next generation there.
Again, this interpretation has not gotten a clear test in the courts.
Well I export software on a daily basis that "provides crypto hooks". I also provide advice and consultations to those overseas on crypto & security related issues. Matter of fact I have someone right now working on a Russian translation for my software (I wonder if they are still on the verbotten list along with Cuba & Iran) an a Chinese translation has already been completed. I also have a clause in software license that allows anyone to use my software for free if they live in a totalitarian country where crypto is baned (like France perhaps USA soon). The government can only take away our rights if we let them do it. I for one will not be a party to Washington's criminal conspiracy to subvert the Constitution of the United States of America. - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBM948OY9Co1n+aLhhAQENqQQAxgOmIcarFtzA7o/wuE+jixHexC3w5JM2 dOFVnz7qjwUCDyFwGV/NfjWNT6IT+rxby/ZGOUX6WkRax9Z2azYaD77cCih4AYys rAZ92xDw0MafDoD7UVstURJ0xJZRToiGgxdn04i2PCnzlp1YNWm50mAUm9wrMgN8 bMHD7dTNKvU= =6vSe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----