All:
I have just returned from a meeting with the Export Control office at NSA.
I raised this question, and was encouraged by the reponse. It is possible
for us to select another 40-bit algorithm (perhaps, DES-40 as suggested in
a previous note by Dave Kemp), and get that algorithm approved for
expedited export when it is used in conjunction with the our protocol.
A similar arrangement has already been made concerning the algorithms used
in the SET payment protocol.
Russ
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Subject: Other exportable 40-bit algorithms
Author: Blake Ramsdell <BlakeR(_at_)deming(_dot_)com> at internet
Date: 4/17/97 3:25 PM
Is there any alternative to RC2 40-bit that meets US export requirements
for symmetric algorithms, and does not require you to:
1. Wait an eternity for export approval
2. Register every sale of a product to a non-US/Canada
company/individual with the government
3. Require you to implement escrow features in your product
RC2 40-bit enjoys both an expedited export approval (I seem to remember
ours being a month) and does not have the burden of reporting individual
unit sales with the government. Is this true of CAST 40-bit or DES-40?
Blake