In the press conference, everyone was very careful to say that this
was not a reversal of policy. I suggest that, until the regulations
are published and analysed, you take them at their word.
Their words, translated from Newspeak back into English are: "Industry
is harrassing us, so we promise to have a review process for crypto
binaries."
Note that there is a review process today. Its slow; plan for 2-6
months to get through it, although they won't commit to a response
period. Its administrative; they don't have to explain themselves.
There is no right of appeal. You can't export source code, or an open
source product.
Those people who have been doing this for a while know that the devil
is ensconsed not in the announcements, but in the details.
Adam
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 12:18:39PM -0500, Jack Dingler wrote:
| We may be able to export secure encryption from the US in the near
| future.
|
| Looks like a step in the right direction...
|
| http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/16/tech.exports.reut/index.html
|
| Jack Dingler
| Software Engineer
| Check Point Firewall-1 CCSA/CCSE
| Check Point Software Technologies Inc.
| Professional Services Division
|
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