Ylan Segal typed the following on 09:47 AM 10/26/2001 -0600 >> >> so this is an US export law issue and not a Sun License issue? >> >I was under the impression that the US had lifted some of the export issues >in regards to crypto. For example, in the past, browsers (like IE or >Netscape) downloaded from outside the US (I live in Mexico) had only 40bit >encryption. I could not access 128bit sites in the US with my browsers. >About a year ago (if I am not mistaken) that changed and now I can use >128bit sites jus fine. > >Just my $0.02
AFAIK (IANAL) they still require a lot of paperwork to get approval to export serious encryption. Netscape and Microsoft can afford to have lawyers sort all that out for them. Also, it wouldn't be too surprising if our fine representatives in Congress decided they could get some attention by increasing restrictions on encryption, so that law abiding terrorists won't use it. So, anybody living in a country with liberal crypto-laws want to write a JSSE clone? Kief --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
