File 2--NEW State Dept FLASH on Moby Clipper (Grady Ward)

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

> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 93 08:08:14 -0400
> From: shap () viper cis upenn edu (Jonathan Shapiro)
\>Subject: File 2--NEW State Dept FLASH on Moby Clipper (Grady Ward)
> For interesting people:
>
>   I guess this means that all FTP sites who implement the GET command
>   and have anything to do with crypto or viral detection, including
>   RFCs, overviews or discussions of specific techniques or algorithms,
>   etc. must be registered as International Arms Traffickers *even if*
>   they disallow all but domestic FTP connections.
>
> It occurs to me that requesting a judgement on whether something is
> subject to munitions export controls did not have a price tag.
> Perhaps we should arrange for every FTP site in the nation to
> simultaneously ask for a ruling?
>
> While we're at it, we should probably try to get them something like
> the legal protections that apply to common carriers, since an operator
> of such a public repository has no hope of restricting the content
> effectively.
>
>
> Jonathan