Re: More problems for non-US?
On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 10:50:57AM -0600, john@dhh.gt.org wrote:
> Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > What are the legalities involved in doing cryptography over telnet from a
> > country where crypto is outlawed but on a computer who is in crypto-free
> > country ?
>
> Joost writes:
> > AFAIK, this is a problem for people from the United States,...
>
> I can see no reason why it would not be perfectly legal to telnet to a
> foreign host from the US and run a crypto program there. The program isn't
> crossing the US border.
Using it should be okay (because using it inside the US is okay). But
it wouldn't be legal (probably) for someone in France to telnet elsewhere
to do encryption.
Hamish
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