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From: henry@mit.edu (Henry Mensch)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kerberos
Subject: Re: Export restriction removed (?)
Keywords: free DES, Kerberos export
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Date: 3 Aug 90 23:24:29 GMT
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(this is a relatively old article; i was away for much of july and am
just catching up ... )

In article <3328@ifi.uio.no>, edmbv@fiol.UiB.NO (Bjorn Asle Valde) writes:
|> As I'm sure you are aware of are there DES implementations done outside
|> the US (I've played with the Finnish one, works nicely) and therefore free
|> of any export restrictions. [ Well, I'm no layer, but that's what the 
|> documentation to the finnish DES seems to indicate]. If MIT used that DES
|> would they be free to ship Kerberos outside the US? If I took `Bones' and
|> melted in a "free" DES would I be able to export it - let's say to
the US :-) ?

i am certainly aware of DES implementations done outside the US.  the
export
regulations don't say that we can export a DES obtained from outside the
US.
you should consult your legal counsel about any potential restrictions
on 
the exportation of Bones modified for a particular version of DES.

-- Henry Mensch / <henry@MIT.EDU>
-- Project Athena External Relations