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Re: IPv4 country of origin
- From: Stephen Sprunk
- Date: Thu Oct 03 11:41:44 2002
Thus spake "Ralph Doncaster" <ralph@istop.com>
> That's basically all Netscape & Microsoft were doing when they had to
> restrict 128-bit SSL. They threw in the requirement to enter your address
> & phone number, but they had no way of telling if you were entering your
> address, or the one you got from doing a four11.com lookup of John Smith
> in Plano, Tx.
The new crypto regulations allow shrink-wrapped software to be exported if the
receiver claims to be authorized; there is no legal requirement on the exporter
to actually verify this status...
I really wonder if there's any point in regulating at all, if they're going to
be so blatantly stupid about it.
S
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