Re: NON-US means?
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 homega@vlc.servicom.es wrote:
: John Hasler dixit:
: > Horacio writes:
: > > There are some restriction laws on importing and
: > > exporting crypto into/out of the U.S.
: >
: > The US has no laws restricting the importation of crypto.
:
: I believe downloading any of the `international' versions of a crypto based
: program is illegal within the U.S. Else, why products such as PGP keep
: having an international and non-international (read U.S.) versions?
There's a patent on the RSA algorithm which is valid within the US; PGP
versions used within the US must use the RSAREF implementation.
Outside the US, any implementation may be used, so one which is faster
is used instead.
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