taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) (02/15/91)
I have heard many stories, apocryphal and otherwise, about exporting the DES encryption algorithm, and other algorithms and source code (i.e. implementations) outside of the United States, and would like to get qualified references on this subject. In fact, for a book I'm working on, I would like to get information on both import and export limitations related to computer software from any country in the world. Institutions in the government that regulate these limitations would be ideal contact points too. Thanks greatly for any information you can offer; respond via email only, please. -- Dave Taylor Intuitive Systems Mountain View, California taylor@limbo.intuitive.com or {uunet!}{decwrl,apple}!limbo!taylor
silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert) (02/16/91)
In article <1767@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: >I have heard many stories, apocryphal and otherwise, about exporting >the DES encryption algorithm, and other algorithms and source code >(i.e. implementations) outside of the United States, and would like It is my understanding that DES code can be distributed in the US and Canada. If Canada is excluded, then I've seen a lot of illegal code! -- William Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division, Bedford Inst. of Oceanography P. O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CANADA B2Y 4A2. Tel. (902)426-1577 UUCP=..!{uunet|watmath}!dalcs!biomel!bill BITNET=bill%biomel%dalcs@dalac InterNet=bill%biomel@cs.dal.ca