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?
There's a patent on the RSA algorithm which is valid within the US; PGP versions used within the US must use the RSAREF implementation. Outside the US, any implementation may be used, so one which is faster is used instead. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
