How strong Can I?

[Tim May]

On Sunday, September 2, 2001, at 01:44 AM, Dave wrote:

> Im writing a toy for personal use that i may give away sooner or later, 
> are
> there limits on how strong i can make the crypto max key length for 
> personal,
> use for free distrubtion inside the us? Not sure on the exact legalities
> involved if i gave it way... Some help would be nice.
>

There are no restrictions whatsoever...except...

-- you can't give certain kinds of crypto to Bad People (Hizbollah, 
Bader-Meinhof, Kurds in Turkey (OK to give to Kurds in Iraq), and so 
on...consult the List of Bad People).

-- your program may be subject to a Secrecy Order, similar to the one 
that silenced the inventor of the PhasorPhone. If this happens you will 
not be able to disclose your invention to anyone and you may be unable 
to even reveal that you are under such a Secrecy Order.

Other than these possibilities, go for it, dude.

--Tim May