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From: rayan@cs.toronto.edu (Rayan Zachariassen)
Subject: Re: 4.4BSD-alpha CDROM
Message-ID: <92Jul13.232419edt.207@smoke.cs.toronto.edu>
Keywords: cdrom
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
References: <2278@nic.cerf.net> <1760@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp> <2311@nic.cerf.net>
Date: 14 Jul 92 03:24:44 GMT
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richter@nic.cerf.net (Adam J. Richter) writes:

>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.

>password authentication is no longer considered munitions, at least for the
>purpose of exporting to Canada.

Be very careful about using too wide a brush here.  You can export anything
whatsoever, including encryption technology like DES implementations, to
Canada (with the right paperwork related to reexport being a no-no).
Other countries are different.  Canada is a "special case exemption".

rayan