[plug] Any legal restrictions on cryptography use / importation in Aus?

[Arkem (Paul)]

> As far as I am aware encryption is not illegal to use anywhere.
> Good encryption is necessary for Internet banking. The non-US
> Debian mirrors are available inside Australia so you'll certainly
> have no trouble getting hold of encryption software (at least if
> you're using Debian). I doubt that they would be available if they
> were in any way questionably legal.
>
> Anthony

IIRC (and I probably don't since I can't remember where I read about 
it) France has some pretty harsh laws about the personal use of 
cryptography. The government obviously doesn't want to go to the 
effort that the US does to be able to spy on its citizens.

Paul