CryptoAPI and export question

[Lucky Green]

At 18:07 1/17/96, Tom Johnston wrote:
>Two points:  the CSP development kit is export-controlled; and signing a
>CSP developed by a foreign vendor is treated as a export -- so the signature
>is export-controlled.
>
>We would ship a CSP development kit to a foreign vendor, and sign a CSP
>developed by the foreign vendor, but only with the appropriate export licenses.

So the main thing that the new MS CSP accomplishes is to establish a
standard that will prevent foreigners at the OS level from using real
crypto with popular applications. Way to go Microsoft.

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