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Re: NSA responds to criticism over weakening cellular crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Welch)
Fri Mar 21 20:21:49 1997
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 08:29:23 +0800
From: Craig Welch <craig@pacific.net.sg>
Reply-To: craig@pacific.net.sg
To: Eric Blossom <eb@comsec.com>
CC: cryptography@c2.net
Eric Blossom wrote:
> The other slime about the "export problem" for cellular phones is that
> there is NO EXPORT PROBLEM. Because of spectrum allocation issues,
> cellular manufacturers have to provide different models to different
> countries anyway. They're already building different versions, so
> there is no "export control" reason not to use good crypto in the US.
"Different models to different countries" may not be all that true. My
cell phone works without modification in more countries than I can
count. Same frequencies, same standards (viz. GSM). The noteable
exceptions are the US and Japan.
Cheers,
Craig
