Exporting cryptographic materials, theory vs. practice

[James A. Donald]

On Sat, 31 Dec 1994, Matt Blaze wrote: 
> My conclusion from all this is that it just isn't possible for an
> individual traveler to follow the rules.  [...] 
> Had I simply taken it with me and come back instead of
> calling attention to myself by trying to follow the rules, no one would
> have noticed.

According to my former boss, Kevin Welch, the same is true not only
for individual travellers, but for small businesses.

I can see from the letter that you sent before you tried this
experiment, that this is the outcome that you expected.



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