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Subject:    China To Require Encryption Information (was Re: NewsScan Daily,
From:       "R. A. Hettinga" <rah () shipwright ! com>
Date:       2000-01-25 18:27:16
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At 8:18 AM -0700 on 1/25/00, NewsScan wrote:


> CHINA TO REQUIRE ENCRYPTION INFORMATION
> Next Monday China's government plans to institute a rule requiring foreign
> firms in China to disclose what type of software they use for encrypting
> their electronic messages. Eventually, the companies must divulge details
> about employees using the software, making it easier for authorities to
> monitor personal and commercial Internet use. The new rules also bar Chinese
> companies from buying products containing foreign-designed encryption
> software, a move that could stymie the growth of Internet use in that
> country. Diplomatic missions are exempted, but the regulations cover the
> routers and servers that make up the backbone of China's networks, most of
> which came from foreign companies. "If IBM or Hewlett-Packard wants to sell
> an e-commerce Web server to China, it might have to isolate which parts
> relate to security" and find a Chinese company to write the software, says
> the director of the U.S. Information Technology Office's Beijing branch. "I
> don't think Chinese companies have that ability." (Wall Street Journal 25
> Jan 2000)
> http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB948739893578536271.htm

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