This email to note that the Wassenaar Agreement has been updated to include "Intrusion Software" in the export controlled goods.
See page 209: http://www.wassenaar.org/controllists/2013/WA-LIST%20%2813%29%201/WA-LIST%20%2813%29%201.pdf "Intrusion software" "Software" specially designed or modified to avoid detection by 'monitoring tools', or to defeat 'protective countermeasures', of a computer or network- capable device, and performing any of the following: a. The extraction of data or information, from a computer or network- capable device, or the modification of system or user data; or b. The modification of the standard execution path of a program or process in order to allow the ex ecution of externally provided instructions. Notes 1. "Intrusion software" does not include any of the following: a. Hypervisors, debuggers or Software Reverse Engineering (SRE) tools; b. Digital Rights Management (DRM) "software"; or c. "Software" designed to be installedby manufacturers, administrators or users, for the purposes of asset tracking or recovery. 2. Network-capable devices include mobile devices and smart meters. Technical Notes 1. 'Monitoring tools': "software" or hardware devices, that monitor system behaviours or processes running on a device. This includes antivirus (AV) products, end point security products, Personal Security Products (PSP), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) or firewalls. 2. 'Protective countermeasures': techniques designed to ensure the safe execution of code, such as Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Address Space Layout Randomisation (ASLR) or sandboxing -- Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) HERMES - Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights http://logioshermes.org - http://globaleaks.org - http://tor2web.org
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