Obeying UK crypto export restrictions on the Internet

[Brian Gladman]

From: "Owen Lewis" <oml@eloka.demon.co.uk>
To: <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:39 AM
Subject: RE: Obeying UK crypto export restrictions on the Internet


[snip]
> > I might also add that some of it has been downloaded by UK government
> > organisations. Also my AES code is being used in a number of US
government
> > sponsored projects.
>
> Yes, GCHQ usually like a copy of whatever is going. So do agencies in a
> number of other governments around the world. A frequent reason for this
> interest is to have a continual stream of fresh cipher breaking projects
on
> which to train their newbies. It would be nice if they had the reciprocal
> courtesy to report back the success or lack of it they have had. But
somehow
> they never do. It's an unfair world

I have had feedback from some of the government agencies who are using my
code (not GCHQ though!).

    Brian