I was at Cisco in the early 1990s working for customer service for the US Federal sales team. The Cold War Era Defense Procurement Allocation System (DPAS) — wh

I was at Cisco in the early 1990s working for customer service for the US Federal sales team. The Cold War Era Defense Procurement Allocation System (DPAS) — which is still on the books [https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/other-areas/strategic-industries-and-economic-security-sies/defense-priorities-a-allocations-system-program-dpas https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/other-areas/strategic-indu...] — classified routers and switches as "Missile Parts." We had to expedite any government deliveries purchased under DX-rated and DO-rated orders. And there were a lot of them. We also faced Department of Commerce and Department of State restrictions on shipping any software that included 56-bit (DoC limited) or 64-bit (DoS limited) encryption. It made it hard to ensure data-in-flight was secure around the world. [A lot of international banks were not happy the USG was blocking 64-bit encryption to them and only allowed on a case-by-case basis.]