On Fri, 26 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Ok, so the gov't thinks strong encryption is munitions so you can't export it. : Why have non-us.debian.org: You can't import it either? Or you just can't use : it at all in the US?
Uh, you can import and use the software, but you can't _export_ it from the US. So, if the FTP site is outside the US, there's no problem (as long as it's in a free country. I think a crypto FTP site in France would be a Bad Idea). : .....Not like making _rules_ about import and export can actually stop what : people do with source available on the net?..... Surely if you are a criminial : of the sort that the govt is so intent on stopping, then you would have no : problem with using illegally electronically exported/imported encryption code? You are applying logic to what is clearly an illogical debate. Stop that :) : Any good sites explaining the matter? The docs in either PGP package do a good job of explaining the issues, as well as giving you an overview of when encryption does and doesn't work well. I believe their website has some good info too, but I'm too lazy to check right now :) There are a gazillion newsgroups which discuss crypto - you may or may not get good answers there depending on the s/n ratio. You could also try ftp.csua.berkeley.edu, the "Official Cypherpunk Repository", or visit the home of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, http://www.eff.org/ -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
