Re: question about writing jce apps in US and exporting to other countries

Jan Luehe (luehe@laguna.eng.sun.com)
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:50:50 -0700 (PDT)

Neil:

> I'm trying to write an application in the US using JCE to encrypt
> data. Am I allowed to export this application(not the API) to another
> country? The recipient(in another country) of this application will
> use it to encrypt data and make the encrypted data available via ftp.

Unfortunately, we are not in the position to give you
advice on this. This is a case-by-case decision by the
U.S. Department of Commerce.

I have heard of other Java-based products that bundled a
(different) Java-based crypto library and got export approval.

Jan