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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!network.ucsd.edu!nic!richter From: richter@nic.cerf.net (Adam J. Richter) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 4.4BSD-alpha CDROM Keywords: cdrom Message-ID: <2311@nic.cerf.net> Date: 11 Jul 92 20:00:44 GMT Article-I.D.: nic.2311 References: <2278@nic.cerf.net> <1760@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp> Organization: Yggdrasil Computing Infrastructure Corporation Lines: 20 In article <1760@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp> mohta@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp (Masataka Ohta) writes: >If you are in US, you can't export anything which includes DES. On Friday, I had a conference call with the company's outside counsel and his "export expert" about exporting to Canada. As I had heard elsewhere, the regulations have been changed so that password authentication is no longer considered munitions, at least for the purpose of exporting to Canada. You just have to fill out a form at the post office when you mail the thing. I think that the business about password authentication no longer being considered munitions applies to all exports and not just exports to Canada, but I'll try to get an authoritative answer on Monday. -- Adam J. Richter 409 Evelyn Avenue, Apt. 312 richter@cerf.net Albany, CA 94706 (510)528-3209 Another member of the League for Programming Freedom (league@prep.ai.mit.edu).