Test case for RSA t-shirts

[I posted this to comp.org.eff.talk but got virtually no response, maybe
 someone here can make use of it]
 
In July I'll be going to the US for a conference.  I have one of Adam Backs
RSA-in-perl t-shirts and am prepared to wear it into (and possibly back out of)
the country if anyone feels it would do any good (for example to act as a test
case for exportability).  If anyone thinks this would be useful or wants to
offer a legal opinion, let me know.
 
For something less trivial, I can also carry in a disk of crypto code or
something similar (say, 20 pages of DES bar codes) and see if I'm allowed to
take it back with me.
 
Peter.

pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz wrote:
> 
[...]
> In July I'll be going to the US for a conference.  I have one of Adam Backs
> RSA-in-perl t-shirts and am prepared to wear it into (and possibly back out of)
> the country if anyone feels it would do any good (for example to act as a test
> case for exportability).  If anyone thinks this would be useful or wants to
> offer a legal opinion, let me know.
[...]

   While we're on the subject, I called Sam Capino's office regarding my
CJR for this t-shirt, and he said they were still waiting for a response
from the NSA. I think my next move will be a letter asking exactly when
I can expect a response, and whether there's anything I can do to compel
a response, It was originally filed (in October) as a 15-day expedited
review.

   Thus, the actual legal status of the shirt is murky. Don't be
surprised if they approve it after they quit stalling.

Raph

Dave Del Torto wrote:
> 
> At 1:08 pm 3/30/96, Raph Levien wrote:
> >   While we're on the subject, I called Sam Capino's office regarding my
> >CJR for this t-shirt, and he said they were still waiting for a response
> >from the NSA. I think my next move will be a letter asking exactly when
> >I can expect a response, and whether there's anything I can do to compel
> >a response, It was originally filed (in October) as a 15-day expedited
> >review.
> 
> FYI, PRZ mentioned to me last night that the CJR on the OCR-able book of
> PGP source is still pending. The "15 days" has stretched into about a year
> in that case, if I don't have my dates/the facts wrong. Bob Prior at MIT
> would know.
> 
> So much for expediency in commerce.

  I don't think that either the book or the t-shirt qualify for the expedited
review.  My brief skimming of John Gilmore's CJR site a few months ago left
me with the impression that only mass market commercial software that fit
within the SPA/govt deal (40-bit RC2 or RC4 with RSA keys <= 512-bits) was
eligible to be expedited.

	--Jeff

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Any opinions expressed above are mine.

At 1:08 pm 3/30/96, Raph Levien wrote:
>   While we're on the subject, I called Sam Capino's office regarding my
>CJR for this t-shirt, and he said they were still waiting for a response
>from the NSA. I think my next move will be a letter asking exactly when
>I can expect a response, and whether there's anything I can do to compel
>a response, It was originally filed (in October) as a 15-day expedited
>review.

FYI, PRZ mentioned to me last night that the CJR on the OCR-able book of
PGP source is still pending. The "15 days" has stretched into about a year
in that case, if I don't have my dates/the facts wrong. Bob Prior at MIT
would know.

So much for expediency in commerce.