That law considered that encryption as a weapon and so that kind of technology was (is?) not to be exported out of the US. IMHO, it was kind of a stupid thing: if I was a Dictator of some republic full of atomic bombs and needed strong encryption it wasn't the hardest thing to get. Well, if *I* wanted strong encryption, I could download it of the net! So, the abolition of that law, is more simbolic than practical (for the average citizen the encryption available out of the US was as good as 148 bit!) Joao
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I've tried it and, IMHO, it was too win95 oriented and too heavy. For this "war" it adds nothing -- there isn't any version for KDE!
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That law considered that encryption as a weapon and so that kind of technology was (is?) not to be exported out of the US. IMHO, it was kind of a stupid thing: if I was a Dictator of some republic full of atomic bombs and needed strong encryption it wasn't the hardest thing to get. Well, if *I* wanted strong encryption, I could download it of the net!
So, the abolition of that law, is more simbolic than practical (for the average citizen the encryption available out of the US was as good as 148 bit!)
Joao
I've tried it and, IMHO, it was too win95 oriented and too heavy. For this "war" it adds nothing -- there isn't any version for KDE!
Joao