17.Sep.1999
Jürgen Lange by eMail
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Heise: USA: Unlimited Crypto-Export Possible
Heise writes:
Following the announcement, US export restrictions on cyptographic software
will be softened, the Clinton gouvernment has now released details. According
to the information given, US developers of cryptographic software can now sell
it virtually unrestricted to other countries. So far, the maximum key length
was limited to enable gouvernmental authorities to crack encrypted messages.
This restriction has been removed: Software with keys up to 64 bit does no longer
need to be registered; software with stronger (longer) keys can also be exported,
however it has to be presented to the gouvernment for checking. Full article
(German) at the title link.
PC-Welt
also reports: USA softens crypto export regulations
PC-Welt writes:
Starting immediately, cryptographic software with arbitrary key length is allowed
to be exported from the USA. Only seven countries are exceptions, since they, in
the eyes of the US gouvernment, support terrorism.
(ps)
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