Remember when people were launching rockets with the fins made of win95 CDs?
The "technology" is already there, and the proof of concept has been tested on
dispensable items. <G>
Mike Stay wrote:
>
> Quoting http://www.digicrime.com/itar.html :
>
> "Our crack team of legal advisors has discovered a loophole in the ITAR
> export restrictions on cryptographic devices from the US. Specifically,
> it now appears that cryptographic software may be flown across the
> Mexican border using model rockets without regard to ITAR restrictions!
> Here's why. Section 120.17 of the ITAR reads as follows:
>
> @ 120.17 -- Export.
> Export means:
> (1) Sending or taking a defense article out of the United States in any
> manner, except by mere travel outside of the United States by a person
> whose personal knowledge includes technical data; or
>
> [...continuing later...]
>
> (6) A launch vehicle or payload shall not, by reason of the launching
> of such vehicle, be considered an export for purposes of this
> subchapter...
>
> That should make the Software Publisher's Association happy."
> --
> Mike Stay
> Cryptographer / Programmer
> AccessData Corp.
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
o Mordy Ovits
o Cryptographic Engineer
o LockStar Inc.
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