It's been a while since this went 'round, and my memories are hazy of the details. Isn't it the case that there are loopholes or explicit exceptions in crypto export regulations that allow American businesses to supply their overseas operatives with tools for secure communication back home? We were discussing today some stuff about our web server, and there's some desire to provide secure access for our sales people to internal junk. Nobody was sure whether it'd be OK for our people in the Evil Empire (Europe) to have the 128-bit-RC4 Netscape for that purpose. (If so, I wonder if the exceptions apply to other munitions too? Like, maybe it's OK to take a medium-range missile overseas if you're just going to use it to blow up your manager's office :-) (No, I don't hate my manager.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Nobody's going to listen to you if you just | Mike McNally (m5@tivoli.com) | | stand there and flap your arms like a fish. | Tivoli Systems, Austin TX | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~