http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/pl/story.html?s=v/nm/19981203/pl/encryp tion_1.html >U.S. Says Got Curb On Global Encryption Trade > >By Aaron Pressman > >WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Clinton administration officials Thursday said they >had persuaded other leading countries to impose strict new export controls >on computer data-scrambling products under the guise of arms control. > >At a meeting Thursday in Vienna, the 33 nations that have signed the >Wassenaar Arrangement limiting arms exports -- including Japan, Germany and >Britain -- agreed to impose controls on the most powerful data-scrambling >technologies, including for the first time mass-market software, U.S. >special envoy for cryptography David Aaron told Reuters. > >The United States, which restricts exports of a wide range of >data-scrambling products and software -- also known as encryption -- has >long sought without success to persuade other countries to impose similar >restrictions. > >``We think this is very important in terms of bringing a level playing field >for our exporters,'' Aaron said. > >... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Mark Armbrust | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) | | Forefront, Inc. | Compuserve: 74777,2132 | | 4710 Table Mesa Drive, Suite B | Voice: 303-499-9181 ext. 113 | | Boulder, CO 80303-5541, USA | Fax: 303-494-5446 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
