What NAI is telling people

[Eric Murray]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 06:41:22PM -0500, Aimee Farr wrote:
> Companies with products or applications relevant to defense are wary of
> email from certain sovereigns. This is because they don't want clueless reps
> giving away bacon in an email pretext attack. The government has been
> harping on it lately. Maybe the rep got a talkie and is confused ...or
> something.
> 
> I'm just guessing.
> 
> What is the answer?
> 
> ~Aimee


It's a mis-interpretation of the US export laws.   It's common for
people to think that they limit sending (or receiving in this case)
encrypted data in addition to encryption devices and info.


Eric