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Re: Encryption law in Israel



"Nadav Har'El" <nyh@math.technion.ac.il> writes:

> A system administrator told me today that he was required by Israeli
> law to use only the DES encryption option of ssh (the weakest ssh encryption,
> which is by default not compiled in because it's so weak), and that other
> encryptions supported by ssh (idea, 3des, etc.) are too powerful
> and are not allowed by this law.  He referred to a law called "Chok
> Hazofen".

http://www.itpolicy.gov.il/zofen.htm

I think it has been discussed on this list before.

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