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!taylorsilvert@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