Operating in the international market, Baltimore deals with an array of cryptographic regulations that require us to modify our products. We, as well as being developers of cryptographic systems, support competitive cryptographic systems from many other vendors. Baltimore will welcome the global availability of strong-crypto versions of popular software such as browsers, email programs etc. In our experience, export licenses are generally available to US companies for a great number of sales that Baltimore bids for throughout the world. Additionally, many US companies have bought foreign companies or establish non-American corporations to enable them to sell to a wider market.
American companies are a formidable force in the global security marketplace.
An international approach to addressing the regulation of cryptography already exists in the form of the Wassenaar Arrangement. Baltimore Technologies suggests that the issue of cryptographic export regulations be addressed on an international basis rather than in isolation. The twin concerns of the government and citizens of the United States are not dissimilar to those in other countries. As the leading nation in world commerce, the United States of America has an opportunity to create a global framework for e-commerce that incorporates the appropriate encryption policy.