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Hardware crypto devices are still "special", as well as non-COTS systems for foreign governments/militaries. Seagate's security dude claimed at RWC this year t
by rdl 13y ago
Hardware crypto devices are still "special", as well as non-COTS systems for foreign governments/militaries.
Seagate's security dude claimed at RWC this year that NSA had threatened to ITARify their self encrypting devices if they allowed them to be used as engines for encrypting arbitrary data (to me and Perry Metzger, separately). IMO, this is likely bullshit.
- samstave 13y agoWhat does ITARify mean?
- cgh 13y agoPossibly the International Traffic in Arms Regulations? I only know this because at one time strong crypto was a munition in the US and these regulations specify what gets classified as such.
- rdl 13y ago"cause them to be regulated under ITAR and be non-exportable without a license". Even more complicated because they are US designs manufactured overseas, and I'm sure the design team includes a lot of non-citizens, so there are ITAR violations during design and production as well as (re) export.