Re: need decision on packages with crypto hooks

[Amos Shapira <amos@dsi.co.il>]

Jim Pick wrote:
> >  * It is unclear to all developers so far if this law applies to "crypto
> > programs" only or to programs with "crypto hooks" (i.e. support/interface
> > to crypto programs) too.
> 
> I'm no lawyer - but common sense tells me that it doesn't apply.  The
> regulations only apply to the actual "machine-readable" code that performs
> the actual encryption.

I'm no lawyer either, but I remember that Kerberos had their hooks
extracted from the international version before it was allowed to
be exported.  Someone in Europe (Germany?) had to create a version
with the hooks back in, and you had to fetch the crypto part separatly
from Australia (having the packets pass through the U.S. in my case :-)

This was about 5 years ago, so it may very well be out of date.

--Amos

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