Re: WEAK2-EX -- A Poorman's 56-bit Data Encryption Algorithm

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Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de)
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:20:30 +0100

Ge' Weijers wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 06:24:43PM +0100, Mok-Kong Shen wrote:
> > In order to cope with the 56-bit key length restriction,
>
> I don't know the legal situation is Germany, but it is not true in
> general that 56-bit encryption products are freely exportable. In the US

If I don't err, the Wassenaar agreement, if it goes through in
all the 33 countries, sets the upper bound of exportable cryptos
at 56 bits for these countries. So the current state of affairs in
US will change in due course of time.

M. K. Shen

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