Re: Encryption law in Israel

1999-08-19 Thread Ben-Nes Michael
I wonder where is the Lists of the "Emzai Hofshi" crisk wrote: On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: http://www.itpolicy.gov.il/zofen.htm says that the regulations are of 1974. Am I missing something in Israeli history or this is long after the mandate? It's

Re: Encryption law in Israel

1999-08-17 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
"Nadav Har'El" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A system administrator told me today that he was required by Israeli law to use only the DES encryption option of ssh (the weakest ssh encryption, which is by default not compiled in because it's so weak), and that other encryptions supported by ssh

Re: Encryption law in Israel

1999-08-17 Thread Alon Altman
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Nadav Har'El wrote: Hi guys! A system administrator told me today that he was required by Israeli law to use only the DES encryption option of ssh (the weakest ssh encryption, which is by default not compiled in because it's so weak), and that other encryptions

Re: Encryption law in Israel

1999-08-17 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Nadav Har'El wrote: Hi guys! A system administrator told me today that he was required by Israeli law to use only the DES encryption option of ssh (the weakest ssh encryption, which is by default not compiled in because it's so weak), and that other encryptions

Re: Encryption law in Israel

1999-08-17 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Tue Aug 17 18:21:13 1999, Aviram Jenik wrote about "Re: Encryption law in Israel": That's totally untrue. This law is rather new (from the 70s I think), and it's very much enforced. Every company that produces software that uses encryption of some kind has to obtain a special per

Re: Encryption law in Israel

1999-08-17 Thread Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo
AA As I've heard, the law does exist only for the reason that is AA was never cancelled. It's a mandatorical law (I wouldn't be AA surprised if it's still in english), and nowadays it is not AA enforced to any degree. I know that alot of respected systems in

Re: Encryption law in Israel

1999-08-17 Thread Doron Shikmoni
Nadav, Nadav Har'El wrote: I'm not a criminal, and I don't want any of my daily actions to be deemed illegal. I think that this is a basic right in a democracy. You are making a very good point, and a sad one, too. P.S. the URL quoted by someone in a previous message seems to imply that