OpenEuphoria

Re: Cryptography

• Posted by jbrown1050 at yahoo.com Jan 10, 2002
• 415 views

On  0, mwfch at MWEB.CO.ZA wrote:
> 
> I read somewhere that you may not export "strong"
cryptographic products . =
> Why ? I recently made a program that is used to
> hold secret data for the user . I got complaints
about my program not being=
>  very secret at all . In fact , it was a breeze to
> veiw the information . Now I want to use strong
cryptography but i`m not su=
> re if it is legal . So , what sould I do ? And I
> dont see why it would be illegal . Is the government
scared they cant see w=
> hat you are doing . But that means they allready
> know what we are doing .... Scarry stuff . Well , if
there is any way you c=
> an help me , i`ll be very happy .
> 
> Ferdinand
> 

It is illegal to export "strong" cryptographic
products out of the US,
i believe. The US Gov places high-level encryption in
the same catergory as
nuclear arms, for some paranoid reason. You should be
fine unless your program
is exported out of country, although im not 100% sure.
:(

jbrown

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