Re: Public key crypto

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

Rick,

  I attempted to make this point some time earlier (See archives), at
great length.  It seems that there is a missconception as to the use
of certain Authentication mechinisms, PGP in particular.  Key lengths
will not allow PGP to be used for commercial perposes outside the
US and Canada for export.  I don't know how many times I have pointed
this out and where to find the information...  Oh well...


Rick H. Wesson wrote:
> 
> Kent,
> 
> The use of pgp by the population at large may be ok, in some counrties
> it is not. Use of pgp by the regestries would be strictly illegal and RSA
> would take issue with the regestries useing it for commercial purposes.
> This is why NSI uses viacrypt, I do believe Viacrypt is not exportable from
> the USA.
> 
> >From the PGP FAQ
>    1.5 Is encryption legal?
> 
>     In much of the civilized world, encryption is either legal, or at least
>     tolerated. However, there are a some countries where such activities could
>     put you in front of a firing squad! Check with the laws in your own
>     country before using PGP or any other encryption product. A couple of
>     the countries where encryption is illegal are France, Iran, Russia
>     and Iraq.
> 
> Lastly the use if pgp via pipes o FIFOs is still a bit more unreliable, and
> slow bring transactions to 1/20 of what they could be w/o using pgp.
> 
> IMHO the IAHC and CORE should not premote the use of technology that
> would be illegal for a registry and/or an individual to use. The technology
> used to run the CORE db shold not incur any legal issues for its use.
> 
> -Rick
> 
> --
> Rick H. Wesson

Regards,
-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
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Information Eng. Group. 
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