More on Cellular Encryption Docs

[jim bell]

At 06:31 PM 2/1/97 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:
>At 04:10 PM 2/1/97 -0500, John Young wrote:
>>Here's more on the controlled documents for cellular encryption
>>from TIA/EIA we described in a 26 January post to cpunks:
>...
>>   TR45.0.A
>>   Common Cryptographic Algorithms, Revision B
>>   June 21, 1995, 72 pp. (With ITAR notice on every page)
>
>Of course, ITAR as recently modified says it's ok to send this
>stuff overseas to foreigners, as long as it's on paper.
>There may be separate restrictions on sending it, or on copying,
>but they're based on copyright or contractual non-disclosure.

Given that high-density inkjet printers can do 600x600 dpi resolution, it 
should be possible to achieve the equivalent of 100x100 bpi of 
easily-recoverable data on ordinary paper.  That's about 800 kilobits, or 
100 kilobytes.   What does ITAR say about this?


Jim Bell
jimbell at pacifier.com