Encryption Export Legality

From: Luc The Perverse (sll_noSpamlicious_z_XXX_m_at_cc.usu.edu)
Date: 07/27/05 

Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:02:47 -0600

Hi, I'd like to put a "Send me an encrypted message" applet on my
webpage.

Can I do that? Do I need an eight page long contract that says, if
you are not US then you can't use this?

Does it make any difference what algorithms I use? Like if I used
PGP, or Blowfish or some encrypted barcode? Are certain algorithms
illegal (for export)?

What if I sit down right now and write something for encryption . . .
Do I have to register it; who decides if I can export it or not?
(I'm no mathmatician or cryptographer, no real chance of this
happening, I am just curious.)

If I'm not going to get in trouble for it, I'd like to get started
writing L-AES, that is Luc's Awesome Encryption System. 

-- 
"When you have to choose between a first-rate company with a 
second-rate product and a second-rate company with a first-rate 
product, it's never an ideal choice. " -Ed (www.overclockers.com)

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