Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Dec 1998 10:56:44 +1300 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: [LITTLE BIT OFFTOPIC] Re: crypto |
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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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