Not just US but other countries had their own restrictions. For example I think France didn't allow anything better than 40-bit encryption without key escrow.

Not just US but other countries had their own restrictions. For example I think France didn't allow anything better than 40-bit encryption without key escrow. http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9805/19/encryption/index.html http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9805/19/encryption/index.h... http://www.opengroup.org/security/meetings/apr98/french-regulation.pdf http://www.opengroup.org/security/meetings/apr98/french-regu...