At 11:50 PM 1/23/96, you wrote:

The problem is whether you can separate the functionality of what you're exporting sufficiently from what you're contracting out that the exported material isn't a "component of a cryptosystem"; it's tough to do a good bones version of code if you're concerned about satisfying both the letter and spirit of a law to avoid hassles with the government. On the other hand, if you're as big as IBM or even MIT, sometimes you can do it....

So move 100% of the development overseas. Pick someplace where the labor is cheaper (maybe the former Soviet Union, but I don't know what their crypto export laws are like) and develop 100% of the product overseas. Put a notice inside each shrink-wrapped box that "This product was forced to be written overseas, costing American programmers their jobs, by the shortsightedness of Congress." 2048bit-Fingerprint: F8 A2 A5 15 56 42 9B 16 3F BD 57 0F 8A ED E3 21 No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.