NODE 9d5d2ff2Re: meaningless rumor
smb@research.att.comMon, 20 Sep 93 06:16:06 PDT
Assuming that whoevever implemented PGP did not himself import
the cipher, but based the implementation on the EUROCRYPT '90
paper that was 'imported' by Springer-Verlag, I don't
understand what the basis would be for such a charge. Now an
indictment against Springer for shipping the proceedings
(which contained C source code for IDEA) into the US - that
would be interesting...
As you say, ``assuming''. The Feds can afford to lose that count
because of the facts of this case; they can't afford to lose on a point
of law. I don't know what the facts are, or what they can prove about
them. They may not, either, at this point, pending the results of the
grand jury probe.