Re: Commerce department Requrinments Munitions

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

David,

David R. Conrad wrote:
> 
> Jeffery,
> 
> >  As I stated earlier.  56 bit AUTHENTICATION also applies
> >to munitions ITAR requrinments.  See attached.
> 
> The document you forwarded references the "relaxation" of the current
> restrictions to allow the export of 56 bit ENCRYPTION technologies.  I
> believe (and am sure I'll be corrected if mistaken) that there are no
> restrictions on authentication technologies where those technologies
> cannot be modified to enable encryption stronger than that which is
> permitted.

  You are correct.  But those restrictions have not been relaxed as
of yet.  Which you last sentance would tend to indicate.  If you had
read it carefully you would see that this restriction is in effect
until Dec. 1998.  

  Further documentation to authenticate this assertion I can easly
provide if intrested.  You have no valid point, if you will pardon
me saying so, in this reguard.  

  I am willing to provide my evidence in this reguard.  Are you?
> 
> In any event, the question of whether or not such technologies are
> exportable is irrelevant.

  I dissagree.  Explain in what way they are irrelevent.  It seems
to me that they are very relevent to section 7 of the draft, as I have
now stated 3 times.  Unless, of course there is some restriction
on what is OPEN for discussion reguarding the Dec 19 draft.

Regards,
-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java Development Eng.
Information Eng. Group. 
Phone :972-447-1878
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