Not a legal Eagle but MHO: Encrypt-only routines, are typically OK. Encrypt/decrypt are Atom Bomb class material. We USers do not want you, natives to be able to have secrets from us, nor the ability to have any of our citizens exchange secrets with you non-US natives (unless you bribe us, that is). So, have a password, encrypt it, do not decrypt it, but send your encrypted/decryptable messages only in DES. We can crack that. If we can get away with it, we will fobid all commoners from encrypting (unless we have the key, that is), regardless of citizenship.
Before you flame me too much, the above was a twisted-humor way to say that in my humble opinion, encrypt-only is OK, and, in the US, DES is OK and if you are a big computer copmpany with a powerful loby in DC, you can do what you please. Simon P.S. Yea, Teleport.com is still silly and my senmail is still crazy, Please ignore the below address and flame [EMAIL PROTECTED] He receives and answers mail :-) Simon Shapiro Bullet Technologies, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13130 SW Haystack St. (503) 524-6631 Beaverton, OR 97005