On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 11:54:04AM -0500 or thereabouts, Bug Hunter wrote:
> > Actually, the US law has changed a few months ago, and 128 bit is okay to
> > export. This was demonstrate by a US Congresman from California who was the
> > first to send the PGP program to someone in England. It made the papers
> > nationally. It really is no longer a problem. In fact, if you go to PGPI
> > (Internationl) website, www.pgpi.com, to download the latest version, it
> > will send you to the US site for downloading.
> >
>
> Yes, but..... You have to get permission from the government to export
> the software. This may only apply to the developer of the program, but I
> am not sure.
>
> So, exporting high encryption software can still get you in trouble,
> depending upon the circumstances.
Could be Bug, I donno. PGPI has a "news" section where it says that Network
Associates was granted a license to export PGP, so you are probably right.
Regards,
Gary
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