IP: Regs for Crypto Servers?

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/082497encrypt.html


              August 24, 1997






              Proposed U.S. Rules Would Slow
              Encryption Software Downloads


              By PETER WAYNER


                   Under a proposed set of rules being circulated by the
Commerce Department,
                    the Clinton Administration is considering regulating
Web servers that allow
                    people to download encryption software.


              Among the sites that would be affected are those
              now operated by companies like Netscape, Pretty
              Good Privacy, and Microsoft, all of which
              distribute software over the Web. Under the
              proposed rules, access to such sites would be more
              tightly controlled or could disappear altogether in
              the future.
....


The version of the regulations being circulated is an
              interagency draft, a document designed to give
              other agencies, like the Federal Bureau of
              Investigation or the National Security Agency, the
              chance to comment on them. For this reason,
              Commerce Department refused to comment until the
              new rules are published in the Federal Register.


              The spokeswoman from the Commerce Department
              also refused to check the authenticity of the
              proposal, a copy of which was given to
              CyberTimes by a software industry representative.
              Several other industry representatives confirmed
              that the document was legitimate.




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