Changes in Russian licensing of cryptraghical tools

[Gleb Paharenko]

Hello.

Russian government accepted a changes in laws about licensing
cryptographic algorithms and devices. The statement in Russian
language:
  http://www.garant.ru/hotlaw/doc/109485.htm

Essential in English:

You do not need to license staff which uses:

    *  symmetric ciphers with key length less 56 bits;
    * assymetric ciphers with key length less 128 bits based on
factoring or discrete logarithms;

The origin news from:
  http://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=13683
(in russian as well)


-- 
Best regards.
Gleb Pakharenko.
http://gpaharenko.livejournal.com

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