Harold Pritchett writes > >On Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:09:37 GMT Aldo-pier Solari said: > >>B. The US has strict regulations concerning civilian encryption: >>FBI has access to all encryption technology, by the law. Thus, all >>encryption software (hardwares microcode) allowed in the market is >>-luckyly- an easy game to the FBI and other .GOV related agencies. > >I don't know what US you are talking about. In the US where I live, >there is no goverment regulation of cryptology (excpet for some attempts >to limit export of crypto systems.) Yes, Aldo seems to have some extremely odd ideas about the realities of encryption in general, and the laws relating to it in the United States in particular. There are _no_ laws which regulate civilian use of encryption. The FBI has _no_ access to encryption technology in a general sense. Aldo, you seem to have no particular idea what you're talking about here. I'd strongly suggest that you actually learn something a bout the subject before writing further about it.