Re: [Crypto] Re: ftp.kernel.org vs. ftp.funet.fi
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
21 Apr 1997 00:02:52 GMT
Followup to: <199704201530.LAA04324@escape.widomaker.com>
By author: shendrix@escape.widomaker.com
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > Won't work, there are laws that say it is also illegal to export
> > anything which "allows non-exportable crypto to be plugged in
> > easily".
>
> Doesn't that mean that almost any IPC is illegal then, since most of it
> would allow easy plug-in of crypto? I mean, PGP is easily plugged in
> via pipes to most mailers, so aren't pipes illegal by that definition?
>
Noone ever said the U.S. Government made sense. In fact, when it
comes to crypto, they really *don't*...
-hpa
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