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SubjectRe: [LITTLE BIT OFFTOPIC] Re: crypto
On Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 10:51:13PM +0100, Mikulas Patocka wrote:

> And what about weak encryption? (I heart that 40 bit is allowed) If
> somebody inside u.s. writes a free program that uses weak
> encryption and anybody else outside u.s. replaces the crypt file
> with his own 1000 bit crypt routine, could the person who wrote
> original program be punished?

No, probably not.

For example, look at http://www.fortify.net/ -- this will turn 40bit
Netscape into 128bit Netscape.


Yet another example of how stupid the current laws are so I suggest
you try and get them changed if they bother you, call your
congress-person and let them know what you think.




-cw


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