[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Someone (memory says Phil Karn, but I'm probably wrong) applied for some
>kind of
>export license and was denied.  Interestingly, the form had an
>obviously-newly-added
>reason appended to the "checklist of reasons for denial."  The addition 
was
>"uses
>triple-DES."

It was Phil Karn, I've seen the form. He was trying to export a VPN box 
of some kind to the QUALCOMM office in Singapore. They did allow IDEA, 
eventually. Phil thinks that allowing a 128-bit algorithm but not 112-bit 
3des was some sort of mind game.

>Trolling through the cypherpunks archives around 12-18 months ago should
>find the
>story.

I think it was longer ago than that; they already knew what to ask for 
for the (now 2 1/2 year old) Australian office.

regards,
Greg.

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