Pablo De Napoli writes: > Hello! > > I'm a debian user from Argentina. > > I want to ask you a question. Is it legal to use secure cryptography here > in Argentina ? (for example PGP international version or ssh) > > I'm asking you this because I've heard that in certain countries it is > forbiden. > > If someone knows about this , please answer my message.
A good general source on international cryptography legislation is http://www.gilc.org/crypto/crypto-results.html Another survey is http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm with a handy set of maps, suitable for framing, at http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/cls-sum.htm The study at GILC has been updated by EPIC for this year: http://www2.epic.org/reports/crypto1999.html According to these studies' sources, there are no legal restrictions on the domestic use of strong encryption in Argentina. Congratulations. :-) You might wish to consult a local lawyer and/or verify the sources given in these studies yourself, though. -- Seth David Schoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | And do not say, I will study when I Temp. http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | have leisure; for perhaps you will down: http://www.loyalty.org/ (CAF) | not have leisure. -- Pirke Avot 2:5
