Re: final word on exportable algorithms

From: EP (ep_at_newsgrouponly.com)
Date: 07/27/04


Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:01:10 -0500

if anyone was interested, I found the answers here...
http://www.bxa.doc.gov/encryption/ChecklistInstr.htm

"EP" <ep@newsgrouponly.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to build an exportable secure system and am having a hard time
> finding the definitive answer on export laws. Can't find it on msdn and
> everything I come accross on the net is from '96-'97
>
> I want to use an asymmetric RSA public/private handshake to establish a
> weaker 40-bit key for conversation (will be doing this on a message-based
> architecture).
>
> So, I go to use RSA encryption for the handshake.. But is RSA limited to
384
> bit minimum? At least the RSACryptoServiceProvider is. If I cannot use
RSA
> for exportable systems, what private/public asymmetric algorithms are
> exportable?
>
> Can someone confirm the current exportable algorithms? I know I can use
> 40-bit DES once I've established the session but what can I use for the
> handshake?
>
>



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