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From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 11:53:26 -0500
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:34:01 -0500 To: <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: Re:IP: Wired news: RSA goes Down Under to bypass US Crypto L Dave -- RSA's Australian crypto announcement should be taken with a grain of salt. Australia may have somewhat more lenient encryption export practices than the US, but it is in fact closely aligned with the US on most such issues. As I said to one reporter, moving from the US to Australia because you don't like US encryption controls is like moving from Minneapolis to Chicago because you don't like cold winters -- quite possibly an improvement but not exactly a solution. I suspect that controls are the news hook, but the commercial motivation is something else. Stewart Baker Steptoe & Johnson LLP 202.429.6413 sbaker () steptoe com Baker & Hurst, "The Limits of Trust -- Governments, Cryptography, and Electronic Commerce" is now available from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/904110635 9
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