Chris wrote: > Does anyone know if there's any legal issues with hosting encryption > modules in the US? I run a farm of uber fast servers that I could add > a PPM repository to for everyone. > > - Chris
Hi Chris, I haven't looked at the US situation in a few years, but I believe it hasn't changed. Strong encryption is considered "munitions" by the relevant government agency, and requires a permit to export. The set of rules it is covered under is the broad-ranging Export Administration Regulations (EAR), though on a quick look I can't tell which of the many rules covers it. Cheers, kjw ------------------------- Maybe the solution is to have a server in each country to distribute restricted modules to occupants only. There are a lot of companies (like Motorola for example) that limit access to software downloads based on the user's country of origin. I'm sure there are ways of obtaining this list from Arin. Maybe something like... us.ppm.activestate.com ca.ppm.activestate.com - Chris _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
