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[FYI] Wassenaar - Pressebericht aus AU
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- From: "Axel H. Horns" <axel.horns@fitug.de>
- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 17:52:01 +0100
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/techno/4278505.htm
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Leaders back US limits on encryption
By DAN TEBBUTT
8dec98
A PUSH led by the United States to curtail the spread of unbreakable
computer-communications technologies has picked up momentum at a
meeting in Vienna.
Thirty-three leading nations, including Australia, agreed to impose
restrictions on mass-market encryption products.
The move went hand-in-hand with decisions that deregulated weaker
forms of encryption and removed controls over purely consumer
technologies, such as DVD and cordless telephones.
The US Government hailed the changes as a victory, as it had lobbied
other countries to embrace its restrictive stance on encryption.
[...]
No decision was made about regulating intangible distribution
of technology, such as Internet downloads.
It was not clear if the new restrictions were intended to stop
public-domain software, such as the popular e-mail security package,
PGP.
Although Australia prohibited unlicensed export of public-domain
encryption software, the Wassenaar treaty provided an exemption.
A Canadian source confirmed public-domain software would remain
unregulated even after the clampdown on mass-market products.
The Wassenaar revisions require local legislation by each member
nation.
[...]
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