RE: SSL and US encryption law

2001-03-12 Thread Alistair Hopkins
restrictions esp on non-US developed OS software (eg mod_ssl). -Original Message- From: Sam Newman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Drew Sudell Subject: Re: SSL and US encryption law My understanding is that the embargo on 128bit

Re: SSL and US encryption law

2001-03-12 Thread Sam Newman
My understanding is that the embargo on 128bit encryption has been lifted, exception that they can't be sent to embargoed countries (see the standard java license for a list). It all became moot when developers in europe starting selling their own 128bit encryption products.. sam - Original M

Re: SSL and US encryption law

2001-03-09 Thread Jim Cheesman
I haven't checked out the link, but it may help... Latest news on U.S. crypto export controls: CRYPTO-GRAM February 15, 2001 by Bruce Schneier Founder and CTO Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SSL and US encryption law

2001-03-08 Thread Jan Labanowski
The http://www.apacheweek.com/features/ssl is old news, since RSA patent expired in September 2000, and you can now use RSA stuff without any problems of rights. The rights are in public domain. So all the issues concerning the patent protection of SSL are not up to date there. There are some pat

Re: SSL and US encryption law

2001-03-08 Thread Srinivasan Sadasivam
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/ssl - Original Message - From: "Jim Canniff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 11:53 AM Subject: SSL and US encryption law > Does anyone know what the current law is regarding exporting products with > SSL? We'r

Re: SSL and US encryption law

2001-03-08 Thread Jan Labanowski
I am not a lawyer... So do not pay (trust) me... But if you are just using JCE and JSSE from Sun, you are not writing any crypto code, you are making calls to crypto code. If your distributor in Taiwan can go to java.sun.com site, and download these things from the Sun's Web, your butt is covere