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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Sources for compatable crypt for XENIX
Keywords: crypt, XENIX
Message-ID: <12335@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 12 Mar 90 22:10:59 GMT
References: <26323@qfagus.OZ> <758@cluster.cs.su.oz>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
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Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <758@cluster.cs.su.oz> jaa@cluster.cs.su.oz (James Ashton) writes:
>	This program is not available on software shipped outside the U.S.
>This is because of government stupidity in the states - either it's illegal
>or too bureaucratically nightmarish to export this stuff - technology
>transfer & etc.

Dennis once gave me a summary of the actual story behind this restriction.
It seems that the Commerce Dept. was willing to allow export, but EACH
system shipped would require its own authorization, i.e. no blanket
permission.  Naturally AT&T decided this would be impractical, so they
simply omitted the software in question from international shipments.