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Re: Clinton Admin. to announce new Crypto regs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Will Rodger)
Sat May 10 12:39:49 1997
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 17:27:08 -0400
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Will Rodger <rodger@worldnet.att.net>
Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> If by "it" you mean the new rules for export of financial encryption,
>then I think you are stretching. I believe that the person from
>Netscape quoted in the press said that it was a small step forward,
>and we have a long way to go.
Absolutely. I quoted Harter, after all. Point I was making is this isn't
some sort of Orwellian ruse, limited as it may be. Harter et al. allowed as
much. That's what I meant in saying NSCP "liked" it.
>
> All this really does is reduce the ammount of paperwork needed to
>export these financial applications. They were already giving approval
>for strong crypto for financial transactions.
The old process was so time consuming it basically forbade exports. You can
count on one hand the number of companies that announced approvals under
the old regime. This time around, the govt. says approval will be routine.
So - the pressure is on DOC now. I'm quite sure we'll do a story on what
actually happens in a few months. Doubtless readers of this list will be
watching.
Cheers.
Will
