This isn't a rumor or some strange conspiracy this is just how crypto-export controls were done for a short while in the US. http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/2/2

This isn't a rumor or some strange conspiracy this is just how crypto-export controls were done for a short while in the US. http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/2/2898/1.html http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/2/2898/1.html http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/19.52.html#subj1 http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/19.52.html#subj1 >but nobody uses the bad guys' name for themselves on purpose. Why not, I've heard of software teams naming themselves Cobra from GI Joe.