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Non-US encryption is 'theoretical,' claims CIA chief in backdoor debate

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Re: Can anyone help jog my memory?

There were US-origin products that included stubs for RSA/DES. Non-US customers were supposed to link in rsalib, then hosted on a Finnish server. Sorry, but the names are lost to me.

There are a lot of non-US companies that sell cryptio chips and boxes (Infineon, for example). The sticky point is whether they have a US presence that can be held hostage.

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