US relaxes crypto export controls

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From: Raj Mathur <raju () sgi com>


http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?990916.piclint.htm

U.S. relaxes encryption controls
By Jack McCarthy
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 6:23 PM PT, Sep 16, 1999

The Clinton Administration on Thursday loosened export controls on mass
market encryption software, winning immediate approval from industry
groups.

In a statement released Thursday, the White House said encryption products
of any key length may be exported without a license, after review, to
commercial firms in any country, except for seven that are considered by
the U.S. government to be terrorist states. The banned countries are:
Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Sudan, North Korea and Cuba.

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