[The_Reader_David]

I don’t know, but it’s still a good joke.

[MarkL]

Of course, as I joke when I teach the subject, if you know the RSA algorithm, you might be classed as a munition and find yourself subject to export control.

Didn't the government drop that, or is it still causing Phil Zimmerman problems, all these years later?

I don’t know, but it’s still a good joke.

For anyone who doesn't know (and might be interested), Phi Zimmerman is the guy who developed PGP. The problem is what "The_Reader_David" said... As open source software, PGP was released publicly, but as soon as it hit the Internet, the State Dept decided that PZ was in violation of munitions export laws, and he was hounded by the government for a number of years.

Mark