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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: DES export regulations.  And what to do about it!
Message-ID: <18874@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 2 Jan 91 15:07:13 GMT
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Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
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In article <14475@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>The Commerce Dept. is trying to wrest control of crypto export away from
>the State Department (Office of Munitions Control), but they need support
>from the users.  If they can wave a hundred letters in their face, from
>computer experts and users, that helps a lot.

Hopefully you will mention in your letter that DES should not be
restricted by the Commerce Department either.  There is no reason
to restrict DES software (or even hardware).  The technology is
not secret - there is nothing to prevent Saddam Hussein from reading
the appropriate Federal Register sections or FIPS PUB 46.
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