http://www.mod.gov.il/modh1/encryption/index.html
Orr Dunkelman wrote: >A) It is Tzav Hatzofen (it is a Tzav which Minsiter of Diffence (Sar >Habitachun) is authorized to change. >B) It was changed several yearsr ago, and you can use encryption as much >as you like (I think up to 128-bit secret key). Exporting is also easier >with less restrictions. > It was changed, but it does not say what you said it says. Basically, you effectively can do what you want today, because there is a policy of giving permission to whoever asks for it. This, however, is not part of the order, but part of the policy of the current order implementors. >C) No one ever was prosecuted becuase he/she encrypted material (AFAIK). > That's what I know as well. >D) This system admin. can now restart the encryption in SSH, all cipher >included in OpenSSH and SSH are ok but Tzav Hatzofen (AFAIK). > Wrong. That SEEMS to be the case for free means (http://www.mod.gov.il/modh1/encryption/tzav.htm#x0111), but the list (http://www.mod.gov.il/modh1/encryption/tzofend.htm) doesn't seem to include SSH. I will reserve what I said in that I have not read the entire list (they have a seperate PDF for each month in which a new tool was authorized, so you have to go over all of them to make sure a certain product is not listed). > >Disclaimer: I'm a cryptographer, not a lawyer. > So am I, but I give references. Shachar ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
