"Blake" == Blake Ramsdell <BlakeR(_at_)deming(_dot_)com> writes:
Blake> Is there any alternative to RC2 40-bit that meets US export
Blake> requirements for symmetric algorithms, and does not require
Blake> you to:
Blake> 1. Wait an eternity for export approval 2. Register every
Blake> sale of a product to a non-US/Canada company/individual
Blake> with the government 3. Require you to implement escrow
Blake> features in your product
Yes, of course. But you realize, that it's 99.9% unlikely that
you'll be allowed to export the source code, right?
Blake> RC2 40-bit enjoys both an expedited export approval (I seem
Blake> to remember ours being a month) and does not have the
Blake> burden of reporting individual unit sales with the
Blake> government. Is this true of CAST 40-bit or DES-40?
No idea about CAST, probably it's too good for it.
Yes for CDMF (IBM-patented, clever reducing the key strength
to 40 bits, as opposite to simply accepting a 40-bit
key only from a user).
Yes for RC4 (legal status unknown to me. The last I heard,
RSADSI believes it's their property and would
like you to pay for the license).
Yes for RC2 (same as RC4).
There is no "DES-40" per se, unless you mean CDMF; to the best
of my knowledge.
I'm not aware of any other crypto-algorithm that has expedited
export approval (which doesn't guarantee you'll be allowed to
export - simply that "Yes" or "No" will be given within three
weeks or so).
Regards,
Uri
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