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This isn't the first time that France doesn't understand digital security. Their lawmakers seem to have a consistent blind spot for these kinds of issues. In t
by wladimir 16y ago
This isn't the first time that France doesn't understand digital security. Their lawmakers seem to have a consistent blind spot for these kinds of issues.
In the 90's I remember there was a restriction on using >40 bit crypto keys in France. There was even a "You're in France now" attack to Windows (95?) that deceived the OS that you were in France, switching to a lower keysize immediately.
(also France has this crazy three strikes out law for copyright violations)
- masklinn 16y ago> Their lawmakers seem to have a consistent blind spot for these kinds of issues. Blind spot? It's not a spot when it takes up most of the FOV. > (also France has this crazy three strikes out law for copyright violations) And a copyright tax on all digital supports on top of that. Good landline internet connections, but dammit when it comes to IT France is retarded.
- lloeki 16y agoThat was because crypto tools are deemed to be military goods which are restricted on export from various countries, notably the U.S.A (so this was not 'Hello from France' but 'Hello from outside the US'): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_in_the_United_States#PC_era http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_in_the_U...
- wladimir 16y agoI don't think that was the same issue as here in the Netherlands we could use the full-sized 128 bit keys. So I'm not sure why it was specific to France, but it was.