Am I protected by ignorance?

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To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Fri Jul 26 11:26:59 1996
I have a question about legal issues:

Lets asume I have a service provider in switzerland who gives me web-space.
I publish strong cryptography there. The server itself is physically in 
USA, but my domain is something like "www.itar.ch" (a swiss web-address). 
Since there is no way for me to know where the server stands, do I violate 
the ITAR, and if so, am I realistically prosecutable?


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Remo Pini                            rp@rpini.com
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Your "ignorance" - Gee, I didn't know the server was in the US!

or theirs?

It would be fairly easy to figure out that the server was probably in the 
US, by tracing the route, watching the amount of delay between hops over 
time, etc.

If the server was discovered, I don't think your claim of ignorance as to 
its location would be much of a defence. OTOH, IANAL.


On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Remo Pini wrote:

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> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Date: Fri Jul 26 11:26:59 1996
> I have a question about legal issues:
> 
> Lets asume I have a service provider in switzerland who gives me web-space.
> I publish strong cryptography there. The server itself is physically in 
> USA, but my domain is something like "www.itar.ch" (a swiss web-address). 
> Since there is no way for me to know where the server stands, do I violate 
> the ITAR, and if so, am I realistically prosecutable?
> 
> 
> - --------< fate favors the prepared mind >--------
> Remo Pini                            rp@rpini.com
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