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960724_isoc_crypto.statement: Statement on cryptographic technology and the Internet, from Internet Architecture Board and Internet Engineering Steering Group of the Internet Society (ISOC). Excerpt: "The IAB and IESG are...disturbed to note that various governments have actual or proposed policies on access to cryptographic technology that either: (a) impose restrictions by implementing export controls; and/or (b) restrict commercial and private users to weak and inadequate mechanisms such as short cryptographic keys; and/or (c) mandate that private decryption keys should be in the hands of the government or of some other third party; and/or (d) prohibit the use of cryptology entirely, or permit it only to specially authorized organizations."
9606_pff_crypto.report: "The Computer Revolution, Encryption & True Threats to National Security"; report condemning Clinton Adminstration encryption export policy and key "escrow" plans, by G.A. Keyworth II and David E. Colton, for the Progress and Freedom Foundation. HTML version available at http://www.pff.org/pff/encry.html at the PFF site. Co-author Keyworth was US President Ronald Reagan's scient advisor.
brooks_crypto_061594.statement: Jack Brooks' June 1994 Floor statement in the HOR regarding encryption export controls explaining how clipper policy endangers us competitiveness in the global marketplace.
cantwell_hr3627.analysis: November 1993 section by section analysis of the Maria Cantwell's bill which liberalizes export control for information security programs and products
cantwell_hr3627.bill: Cantwell's hr3627 bill amending the Export Administartions Act of 1979
cantwell_hr3627.faq: c. May 1994 FAQ regarding export laws and the Cantwell bill. Also includes a sample letter to be sent in support.
cantwell_hr3627.summary: Maria Cantwell's November 1993 address before the HOR in support of hr3627
cerf_congress.letter: Dr. VintonCerf's April 1993 letter to Timothy Valentine (HOR) suggesting that export restrictions on encryption technologies be lifted.
clinton_gore_export.speech: Feb 1993 remarks by Clinton and Gore to Silicon Graphics employees who expressed their interest in solving the export debate
cpsr_export.statement: summary of the july 1993 CPSR statement calling for a complete overhaul in the government's information classification system
cryptusa.paper
cryptusa_paper.ps.gz: gzip-compressed PostScript version of cryptusa.paper.
demberger_v_odtc_crypto_export.letters
doc-bea_crypto_survey.old: Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Export Administration issued this cryptography-related survey in early 1995 as part of the research effort for the Clinton Administration's upcoming report on encryption export.
dos_itar_personal_exemption.notice: State Dept. creates much-needed "personal use examption" to ITAR crypto export rules. That's right - US citizens no longer have to register as international arms dealers when travelling with laptops containing PGP, Folder Bolt or Word Perfect. (Feb. 1996).
dpswg_president_eff.letter: letter from the Digital Privacy and Security Working Group sent to the White House 12/06/93, urging the Administration to lift export controls on DES, RSA and other mass market encryption without requring legislation.
export_bitnet_legal.letter
export_otpa_legal.letter: This letter from Bill Clements, Director of the Office of Technology and Policy Analysis, Commerce Department, to the BITNET management explains their obligations and their members' obligations under the export laws, regarding exports of technical data and/or software over an international network
export_bitnet_legal.letter: This letter from BITNET's lawyers explains a few more issues that were not clearly addressed in the above OTPA letter.
gtda_export.regulations: General License GTDA regulations, including FAQ This document contains the licensing regulations for General Technical Data exportable to All destinations (GTDA). It is followed by a question-and-answer guide written by the Commerce Department to help explain their often confusing regulations. [This is the Commerce Dept. equivalent of the State Dept.'s ITAR regulations. Crypto material that State does not categorize as ITAR-subject "defense articles" is in Commerce GTDA [and other] jurisdiction.
hamilton_eff_industry.letter: Feb 1994 letter from industry representatives to Lee Hamilton and others in the HOR expressing strong support for hr3627
harris_export.statement: Dr Martha Harris' feb 1994 statement announcing measures arising from the Administration's decision to reform export control procedures involving encryption.
hr361_95.bill
hr3627_activism.article: proof that activism works! c.Feb 1994 example of how letter writing campaigns can effect the actions of representatives.
hr3937_crypto-stripping.amendment: No Description
hr3937_crypto.excerpt: excerpt from hr3627/3937 dealing with its effects on other acts
hr3937_intell_cmte.report: June 1994 report accompanying hr3627 from Rep. Glickman in the Select Committee on Intelligence recommending passage of hr3627/3937 with noted amendments
hr_crypto_960515.letter: Letter from Rep. Goodlatte (and over 20 other Representatives) to Clinton Administration urging relaxation of crypto export controls and abandonment of Clipper III "key escrow" proposals. Also includes Goodlatte press release regarding the letter.
hr_crypto_960515_letter_eff.statement: Brief EFF statement on the House letter to Clinton demanding abandonment of "key escrow" and urging relaxation of export controls. (Also includes a copy of the letter).
hr_export_hearing_93.summary: October 1993 notes from the House hearing on cryptography and export controls.
industry_opinion.article: June 1992 article describing CPSR conference in which current export regulations were severley criticized
itar_1st_amend.biblio: June 1993 letter from Lee Tien to Clyde Bryant with a list of law review articles to help in Bryant's review of ITAR
itar_export_1993.regulations: July 1993 official amendments to the Arms Export Control Act
itar_hr_govop_hearing.transcript: This is the transcript of a series of hearings held before a subcommittee of the House Comittee on Government Operations. It is especially interesting for the two items it includes in the report; one memo shows that the Office of Legal Counsel concluded that ITAR was unconstitutional, and some testimony indicates that the State Department and the President may have ignored possibly binding legal advice from the OLC. Feb-Aug 1980
itar_registry_govt.document: the cover letter and instruction booklet you receive when you write/fax for information on Defense Trade Registration. July 1993
lewis_960911_escrow.article: Peter Lewis column on "Clipper II" key escrow and Clinton Administration crypto export policy. Good backgrounder if you're new to the issue.
make_cjr.kit: Attorney Lee Tien's kit for making Commodity Jurisdiction Requests for cryptographic items (you file such a request to, if you are lucky, move jurisdiction over your crypto product from the State Dept. with it's harsh ITAR regulations, to the Commerce Dept. with its more lax GTDA regs.)
non-us_crypto_spa.report: articles which appeared in a special government affairs section on cryptography in the April 1994 issue of the Software Publishers Association (SPA) news dealing with the foreign availability of crytography
nsa_3des_export_denial_0396.letter: Letter from State Dept.'s Office of Defense Trade Controls (controled by the National Security Agency) denying Phil Karn approval to export software that supports Triple-DES encryption. Interesting especially for 3 reasons: The export has nothing to do with public distribution, but was requested to provide security for the foreign, but US-staffed and owned, branch of a US company; such export denial was threatened if the X9 Committee which establishes banking security standards settled on 3DES instead of Clipper - NSA is making good on its threats; and the 3DES export denial portion of the form response appears to be a standard part of the form now (in other words, NSA/DoS may be routinely denying all 3DES exports.)
ota_priv_sec.report
ota_priv_sec_report.summary
tis_walker_export_101293_hr.testimony: Stephan Walker's (TIS) October 1993 testimony before the subcommittee on economic policy, trade and environment regarding the negative impact that US export control regulations on cryptography are having on the information system software industry.
us_crypto-policy.faq: Michael Johnson's 1994 in depth FAQ-like discussion of data encryption software and technical data controls in the US
wiretap_crypto_gao.report: November 1993 GAO report on communications privacy and the federal policy and actions surroundng the issue. specifically, it addresses whether federal policies negatively affect US corporations' ability to protect themselves against economic espionage.
zimmermann_export_101293.testimony: Phillip Zimmerman's (PGP) Oct. 1993 testimony before the subcommittee on economic policy, trade and the environmnet discussing the need to change US export control policy for cryptographic software.