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

[Russell Steicke]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 10:21:23AM +0800, Christian wrote:
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> There are many countries where cryptography is severely restricted, if
> not entirely illegal.  Most of these are fairly politically backward
> places (i.e., totalitarian dictatorships of various persuasions) but, as
> someone has already noted, the most glaring exception is that of France.

France abolished most of its restrictions a couple of years ago.

  http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/faq/6-5-1.html
  http://www.info-sec.com/crypto/99/crypto_020699a_j.shtml

These pages don't seem to say so, but I remember hearing that some of
the impetus for this move was so that French companies would not be so
vulnerable to industrial espionage.


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Russell Steicke

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