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From: silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert)
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Subject: Re: Need References on DES export limitations &c.
Summary: DES permitted in Canada
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.191528.25123@cs.dal.ca>
Date: 15 Feb 91 19:15:28 GMT
References: <1767@limbo.Intuitive.Com>
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Organization: Habitat Ecology Div., Bedford Inst. of Oceanography
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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
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