L.>1) Any Illegal crypto programs could be removed from Internet in a L.>matter of hours. It might be a little hard to invade Findland, Slovenia, the Republic of China, Italy, etc. all within a few hours. L.>2) Any Illegal crypto message sent via Internet could be analyzed L.>as illegal and not delivered. It might be hard to rewrite the TCP/IP protocols and get everyone to install the changes without anyone noticing. L.>3) Anybody sending such messages would face fines or jail sentences. If they were provably in the jurisdiction and you could tell they did it. L.>4) Any government branch that took your computer could keep it for L.>no reason (except we are investigating it) for a long time, L.>practically until your trail and then maybe forfeit it. If you and your computers were in the (same) jurisdiction. L.>5) Users of Illegal crypto could be subject to other legal L.>surveillance. (telephone, movements, dosscia etc.) If the opposition has unlimited resources. L.>6) In this state even if Illegal crypto was not a Felony you would L.>probly receive probation on first offense, 6 months in county jail L.>on second offense and 1 year on third and subsequent offenses. I L.>have done 11 months in county jail and found it racialy enlightning A real learning experience. Don't panic. DCF Aren't the feds going to be pissed in a few years when the 3D solid "printers" come down in price and I can "print" out a dozen UZIs. --- WinQwk 2.0b#1165