Colin Whittaker said:
> but under wassenaar any crypto with published source exempted.
Oops -- yes, forgot that. But still, that means Irish companies who want
to work on crypto, need export licenses, whereas before they did not.
That is arguably a step back.
Also:
>So how many widely used algorithms dont have published source.
>Makes the rules a bit pointless, doesn't it.
It's not just the algorithms -- it's implementations as well.
--j.
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