In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eric Murray writes:
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>> The new EU rules eliminate
>> the need to secure approval from national licensing bodies and do away with
>> security checks for all encryption products with the exception of so-called
>> crypto-analytic tools, which can be used to test systems and crack codes.
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>What? That's a new one!
>
>Could it be that certain large organizations(GSM) who have been
>embarrased(A5) added this as a way to discourage/prevent exposure
>of their weak crypto?
>
The WSJ story said that "France demanded this exception because the
country is concerned that some of its communications could be vulnerable
to hacking by Corsican terrorists."
