"IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R" wrote: > > Mr. Harris: > > Particularly what section of the Code of Federal Regulations, or what rule > are you referring to? I cannot research the law from your words. Please > direct me to the precise piece of legislation you are referring too, and the > government agency responsible for its implementation and execution. In the US, it is the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) in the Commerce Dep't. http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/ They took over from the State Department's ITAR (international Traffic in Arms Regulation) section a few years vack. The EFF's document archive on the issue is: http://www.eff.org/Privacy/ITAR_export/ Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/