us NOT easing export controls (Re: US to Ease Crypto Export)

[Adam Back]

This press release by US bureau of export administration that they are
easing export controls is misleading.

It is not meaningful: the export permits are limited to banks and
financial institutions, and they have always had export requests
granted based on an exemption for financial institutions.  Nothing new
there.

Even some time ago now, PGP Inc made a big press release about getting
export permission for top Furtune 100 companies (large international
companies) to export to overseas sales offices PGP (full strength).

The only thing that the US BXA is announcing is streamlining the
red-tape involved in already unhindered financial exports.

Joe Decillis makes this point also, I agree!

> Although it can be considered an easing of US Crypto Export policy,
> many of the banks and financial institutions do and have qualify,
> under individual licenses, for high levels(over 56-bit) of
> encryption.