Jacob, But whatever the legal/political situation, the IETF can only work on technology specifications. Brian Jacob Palme wrote: > > At 08.47 -0400 99-07-26, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > >The IETF decided long ago that this was (mostly) a US problem, and that we > >wouldn't let our standards be crippled to accomodate it. > > It is not a US-only problem. There is an international agreement, > which most of the developed countries have signed, and in which they > promise to restrict export of encryption. Different countries do, I > believe, interpret this agreement more or less rigorously. I think > the agreement has the name Wassenaar Agreement on Export Controls for > Conventional Arms and Dual-use Goods and Technologies, see > http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990518S0038 > > I know that in Sweden, a number of companies have had problems with > not being allowed to export encryption. France has earlier been very > strict on this, but I have heard that they are changing their minds. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jacob Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se> (Stockholm University and KTH) > for more info see URL: http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brian E Carpenter (IAB Chair) Program Director, Internet Standards & Technology, IBM Internet Div On assignment for IBM at http://www.iCAIR.org Non-IBM email: brian@icair.orgReceived on Tuesday, 27 July 1999 18:12:05 UTC
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