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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Trojan version of VIRUSCAN version 78
Message-ID: <1991May30.234635.4243@uwasa.fi>
Date: 30 May 91 23:46:35 GMT
References: <1991May25.044559.26080@syacus.acus.oz.au> <1991May28.175016.21398@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> <1991May30.122409.15797@cbnewsj.att.com>
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In article <1991May30.122409.15797@cbnewsj.att.com> davet@cbnewsj.att.com (Dave Tutelman) writes:
>>ash@syacus.acus.oz.au (Ash Nallawalla) writes:
>>>Is it illegal for you to possess PKZIP110 (I think, without the EU), or is
>>>it just illegal for someone in USA to export it?  
:
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>Personally, I feel that the law is stupid.  Programs that implement
>well-known crypto algorithms shouldn't be classified as weapons.  Except
:

I know that I am way out of line, but can't resist the temptation. 
What about ZIP-guns :-).

>Hope this clarifies a little.

Seriously, thank you for the information, and your excellent
analysis of the US encryption legalities.

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Prof. Timo Salmi
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
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