A ban on cryptography in Russia (fwd) [Next .. djf]

[Dave Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

>Forwarded message:
>>From brown Thu Apr  6 14:13:48 1995


>Subject: A ban on cryptography in Russia


>Edict no.334 (April 3, 1995) of the President of Russian Federation
>imposes an all-embracing ban on all cryptographic systems except those
>licensed by the Federal Agency for Governmental Communications and
>Information.
>
>Section 4 bans all activities in development, production, sales and
>use of unlicensed cryptographic systems as well as rendering
>cryptographic services.
>
>Section 5 bans import of unlicensed cryptographic systems.
>
>Section 6 instructs Federal Counterintelligence and other agencies to
>detect violations of this edict.