Markoff in NYT on NTT/RSA chip

[jonathon]

	paul:

On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Paul Robichaux wrote:
> the NTT chipset for use, say, in a Motorola cell switch (made in IL) would
> seem to be problematic. Buying chips in Japan for shipment to Moto's phone
> factories in Singapore and Malaysia, however, would appear to be OK. Under

	So the companies simply ship their _entire_ production 
	facility offshore, to whichever country has no crypto 
	export regulations.

	<< Any guesses on just how long ITAR stays around, once
	several companies announce they are terminating the employment
	of 1000+ people, for work overseas, because of ITAR?  >> 

	And doing all of their manufacturing offshore means they could
	use Triple-DES, or BlowFish, or any other crypto algorithm.

        xan

        jonathon
        grafolog at netcom.com


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