U.S. Crypto Laws Relaxed, but Not Enough to Enable Commerce
L. Taylor - February 9, 2000

Event Summary

On January 12th, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Export Administration announced revisions to its encryption export control policy. The revisions allow U.S. companies to increase the key length in exported enterprise encryption products from 40 bits to 56 and 64 bits. The new regulations allow for 'retail' encryption products up to any key length to be exportable, except to the designated terrorist nations: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan or Syria...