[CentOS] Question on canada

Thu Feb 12 14:55:32 UTC 2009
James N. Smith <jnsmith at leschwartz.com>

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a lawyer and I'm not your lawyer.

I presume you mean due to restrictions on cryptographic software.

My understanding is that even during the bad old days when ITAR
(International Traffic in Arms Regulations) restricted anything with over a
56 bit key as a weapon of war that we had a special relationship with Canada
and that crypto items could be exported there.

An old webpage from 1995:
http://www.ieee-security.org/Cipher/ConfReports/CryptoLawSurvey.html

This site indicates that export to Canada was OK but that re-exporting from
Canada to a third country was illegal.

The restrictions have eased significantly since the mid 90s when this was
written.

In short: I wouldn't worry too hard if I were exporting to Canada, but your
millage may vary.

Regards,

James N. Smith, CISSP
jnsmith at leschwartz.com

-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf
Of Jerry Geis
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:42 AM
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Subject: [CentOS] Question on canada

I have a possible customer in canada.
Can I export a machine pre-loaded with centos to canada?

Jerry
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