The IETF could write a letter to the appropriate Ministry to ask for a special exemption. This may also motivate them to continue the liberalization of the crypto laws. 'Rarely enforced' doesn't mean that they should be ignored. --Dean On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Bill Sommerfeld wrote: > As the next IETF meeting will be in Paris, and France has had something > a reputation for placing strict controls on the use of cryptography, I > took a look.. > > (This is, of course, a matter of potential concern to those of us who > carry laptops with encryption software for personal use to every IETF > meeting...) > > It appears that France may have recently substantially liberalized its > regulation of cryptography. A site at: > > http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/cls2.htm#fr > > has what claims to be a summary. There appears to be a personal use > exemption of some sort but there's no mention of re-export of the laptop > you imported when you entered the country.. > > I'm not particularly worried as most of these laws are rarely enforced > in other countries. Anyone have a better idea? > > - Bill > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > -- Av8 Internet Prepared to pay a premium for better service? www.av8.net faster, more reliable, better service 617 344 9000 _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf