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Re: Empty encryption

To: uri@watson.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Empty encryption
From: Scott Marcus <smarcus@bbnplanet.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 10:41:39 -0400
Cc: Ron Rivest <rivest@theory.lcs.mit.edu>, ipsec@tis.com
Sender: owner-ipsec@ex.tis.com

At 08:54 AM 5/22/97 -0400, Uri Blumenthal wrote:
>Ron Rivest says:
>>Gee, if we christen the identity (null) transform as an encryption
technique,
>>does that mean we have to apply for export approval to ship out a file-copy
>>program?  ;-)
>
>No, but be ready to spend some time in a federal facility, if they
>find out about your "cp" program exported to Mexico (:-).


No problem!  Just make sure that the null encryption (vacuously) uses short
keys.   ;^)

-- Scott

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