Re: Wassenaar vs. CipherSaber

[Jay Holovacs]

At 06:09 PM 12/4/98 -0500, Steve Bellovin wrote:
>
>I'm glad the site is up, but for many purposes it solves the wrong problem.
>Encryption algorithms are easy to write, or even to type in or scan from
>printed programs.  But what's interesting is easy-to-use crypto, or
>crypto that can interoperate.  Remember that most of PGP is *not*
>crypto algorithms.
>
But...wrapper programs (provided they are generic, such as a really
configurable text editor) are not export controlled, all the user needs is
the engine. I can imagine all sorts of flexible email programs....

Jay