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Re: Secure Drive 1.0 is here!

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NODE 9bcbf0f3Re: Secure Drive 1.0 is here!
Since IDEA was developed outside the US, doesn't that mean it there 
essentially is no exporting of cryptography going on here?  To be 
perfectly invulnerable, the code could be distributed internationally
without any encryption algorithm--simply add the crypto you want that
is easily obtainable.

(Of course, selling crypto is the real trigger for getting attention.
A copy-left certainly isn't selling.)


Paul E. Baclace
peb@procase.com
NODE 6e6978d2Re: Secure Drive 1.0 is here!
| Since IDEA was developed outside the US, doesn't that mean it there 
| essentially is no exporting of cryptography going on here?  To be 
| perfectly invulnerable, the code could be distributed internationally
| without any encryption algorithm--simply add the crypto you want that
| is easily obtainable.

Actually, there are several operatib system products that do exactly that.
Ex: X Windows, BSD

| (Of course, selling crypto is the real trigger for getting attention.
| A copy-left certainly isn't selling.)

Actually, this highlights the absurdity of the old Cold War rules.