rc2 export limits..
Perry E. Metzger
perry at piermont.com
Fri Sep 6 03:59:18 PDT 1996
"P. J. Ponder" writes:
> The FIPS Pub (?180? ?181?) for the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) states in
> the fine print at the beginning that SHA is export controlled. I don't
> have the document to refer to right now, but it plainly states that SHA
> falls under ITAR. As a cryptographic hash function, why would it be
> controlled in this way?
Because the feds aren't stupid -- they know you can use any good hash
algorithm as the core for a block cipher.
Perry
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