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[VANILLA-L:37] Re: [VANILLA-L:36] RE: [VANILLA-L:30] RSA crap and shared libraries
Quoting Darryl Palmer (Darryl_Palmer_Jr@msn.com):
> Here is what I remember. It it not only illegal to export a program with
> crypto capabilities, but it is also illegal to export a program that doesn't
> have the crypto algorithm in it, but has dummy links that can later be
> plugged into a real algorithm, which is what the shared library would do. I
> think the only reason that Microsoft got around this for their Crypto-API is
> that if they don't digital sign the algorithm then it won't work in NT. And
> they won't sign it if it is not in the best interest of the state
> department.
This is insane. So, the functional signatures of an encryption
algorithm are considered national security?
Unbelievable!
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