[1376] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Drastic crypto crackdown
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ng Pheng Siong)
Wed Aug 27 13:35:20 1997
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 23:28:15 +0800
From: Ng Pheng Siong <ngps@post1.com>
To: Jim Gillogly <jim@mentat.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <9708260004.AA23598@mentat.com>; from Jim Gillogly on Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 05:04:50PM -0800
On Aug 25, Jim Gillogly wrote:
> People aren't conjuring it out of whole cloth. The most reliable
> compendium of import/export laws is Koops' excellent pages:
>
> http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm
>
> The short form: he says the Trade Development Board requires you to
> obtain approval for importing cryptography, and only 40-bit systems
> seem to be available locally. In addition, SingTel subscribers must
> obtain prior approval from the Telecommunications Authority of
> Singapore to send encrypted messages across the Singapore
> Telecommunications lines.
Well, I am aware there are Singaporean companies working on strong crypto
toolkits/applications, and pgp is known and used in the commercial sector.
The bit about "only 40-bit systems seem to be available locally"
is garbage.
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Ng Pheng Siong <ngps@post1.com>
