New crypto regs outlaw financing non-US development

Ian Goldberg iang at cs.berkeley.edu
Tue Dec 31 13:05:32 PST 1996


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In article <3.0.32.19961228225731.006b3080 at netcom13.netcom.com>,
Lucky Green  <shamrock at netcom.com> wrote:
>First the good news: the export controls mentioned in the draft of the regs
>on any kind of data security software, regardless if it uses crypto or not
>did not carry into the final version.

But it _specifically_ restricts virus-checkers (and, also, it would seem,
backup programs, but that could be stretching it):

ECCN 5D002.c.3:
# ``Software'' designed or modified to protect against malicious
# computer damage, e.g., viruses

   - Ian "_not_ a U.S. Person"

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