[3705] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Wassenaar vs. CipherSaber
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Holovacs)
Sat Dec 5 10:32:19 1998
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 19:56:32 -0500
To: Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>, jim@acm.org
From: Jay Holovacs <holovacs@idt.net>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199812042309.SAA14436@postal.research.att.com>
At 06:09 PM 12/4/98 -0500, Steve Bellovin wrote:
>
>I'm glad the site is up, but for many purposes it solves the wrong problem.
>Encryption algorithms are easy to write, or even to type in or scan from
>printed programs. But what's interesting is easy-to-use crypto, or
>crypto that can interoperate. Remember that most of PGP is *not*
>crypto algorithms.
>
But...wrapper programs (provided they are generic, such as a really
configurable text editor) are not export controlled, all the user needs is
the engine. I can imagine all sorts of flexible email programs....
Jay
