Exporting software doesn't mean exporting (was: Re: lp ?)

Mark Murray mark at grondar.za
Tue Nov 7 12:49:03 PST 1995


> 
> Mark Murray writes:
> > Hmm. Not only is this law unenforceable, it is unenforced. Anyone,
> > non-US or otherwise can buy crypto books - you just can't get the code
> > on floppy. Bruce Schneier went through this procedure when he CJ'ed
> > "Applied Cryptography".
> 
> To my knowledge, Bruce Schneier never CJ'ed "Applied
> Cryptography". Phil Karn did that.

Point is, it got CJ'ed, and easily too. In fact I understand that the
process was 'trivial'. Just the software on floppy was a problem.

M
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