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Re: Is SSL legal to import/use in Israel
On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Amos Shapira wrote:
> guy keren <choo@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> |> is that legal to export from the US?
> |
> |as i understood, it is not being exported from the USA. they made the
> |developement outside the USA, and thus only importing TO the usa is
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> |limited (to a 40 or 50 bit key).
>
> First time I hear about *importing* restriction. Are you sure about
> that? The entire exporting limitation thing originated from the fear
> that the code will fall to the hands of "black-listed" countries, what
> harm can it do inside the USA?
that is what i read on their WWW site. 128 bit outside the USA, only 40
(or it was 50) inside the USA. don't ask me why - maybe they want to get
even? ;0
maybe leave this SSL stuff - it's not quite linux relevant, unless you
bring up a unix-specific SSL question.
guy
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