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Re: IPv4 country of origin


From: "Stephen Sprunk" <ssprunk () cisco com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:10:31 -0500


Thus spake "Ralph Doncaster" <ralph () istop com>
That's basically all Netscape & Microsoft were doing when they had to
restrict 128-bit SSL.  They threw in the requirement to enter your address
& phone number, but they had no way of telling if you were entering your
address, or the one you got from doing a four11.com lookup of John Smith
in Plano, Tx.

The new crypto regulations allow shrink-wrapped software to be exported if the
receiver claims to be authorized; there is no legal requirement on the exporter
to actually verify this status...

I really wonder if there's any point in regulating at all, if they're going to
be so blatantly stupid about it.

S


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