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Re: RSA's Australian deal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Sparkes)
Thu Jan 7 14:32:41 1999
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 17:53:45 +0100
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Ian Sparkes <Ian.Sparkes@crypto-central.com>
Hey, this sets a really interesting precedent doesn't it?
If they get away with this move, this means there are effectively no crypto
regs any more: given the amount of general knowledge and published material
in the world outside of the US, we could create a "compatible" version of
just about anything.
Perhaps this has only been allowed as a result of Wassenaar tightening up
the rest of the borders.
I wait with great interest
>According to today's Wall Street Journal, RSA is going to market
>"compatible technology" developed by Eric Young and Tim Hudson,
>via an Australian subsidiary. This is an end-run around the export
>rules, and has already been approved by the U.S. Dept of Commerce.
>"The key to that is neither U.S. technology or U.S. personnel could
>be involved in making the product", according to DoC.
>
>The article does note the recent Wassenaar Agreement, which might
>induce Australia to regulate crypto exports, too.
