Coming from Australia
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> John Hasler dixit:
> > Horacio writes:
> > > There are some restriction laws on importing and
> > > exporting crypto into/out of the U.S.
> >
> > The US has no laws restricting the importation of crypto.
>
> I believe downloading any of the `international' versions of a crypto based
> program is illegal within the U.S. Else, why products such as PGP keep
> having an international and non-international (read U.S.) versions?
:snip:
Since I come from Australia it's rather a familar story. There is nothing
wrong with importing Crytographic programs from overseas as far as I know
but it's illegal to export cryptographic material from the US in
electronic form. That's why there are 2 versions of software such as PGP.
Currently what PGP do is they have the source printed and then they send
it off to Europe where it's then OCR scanned, and the vola you then have
the new international version of PGP. I've never heard anything to suggest
it was illegal for anyone in America to use an international version of
that software.
gaz
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