[1356] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Drastic crypto crackdown
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Griffin)
Mon Aug 25 19:51:59 1997
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:32:03 +0700
From: Griffin <lpchiew@pc.jaring.my>
To: tzeruch@ceddec.com
CC: Nilsphone@aol.com, cryptography@c2.net
tzeruch@ceddec.com wrote:
> Probably because they do not allow use or import of strong
> cryptographic
> software. It is a fusion of the countries that we don't want to have
> crypto software, and those that themselves don't want it imported.
Interesting to see how people in the West can conjure out reasons
and gives a different picture of the situation.