Newsgroup: it.comp.sicurezza.pgp
Titolo: FWD: PGP USA-Export


Subject:        	PGP USA-Export
Date sent:      	Tue, 14 Dec 1999 14:55:50 +0100
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Effective Immediately, U.S. Government Grants License for International
Sales Of World's Most Widely Deployed Encryption Products  
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Associates, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NETA) today announced that it has been granted a full license
by the U.S. Government to export its market-leading PGP encryption
software, ending a decades-old ban on the export of strong encryption
products. The license, effective immediately, allows Network Associates,
the world's largest security software company (IDC Research, 1999) to
export its full strength PGP encryption software to virtually all
countries worldwide without restriction. Worldwide availability of
strong encryption is widely seen as a necessity for enabling trusted
e-business transactions over the Internet.  
"PGP encryption has always been a flagship technology -- the first
mass-distributed encryption software, the first to be sold by an
overseas subsidiary, and now the first to be available for sale from the
U.S. directly to overseas customers," said Kelly Blough, director of
government relations for Network Associates. "We are pleased with the
U.S. Government's decision to grant this license independently of the
new crypto regulations, so Network Associates can point the way for
other American companies in the drive to help shape e-commerce
worldwide."  
Network Associates acquired Phil Zimmermann's PGP, Inc. in 1997 and
offers the company's PGP encryption and authentication technology today
in several consumer and enterprise-class products. PGP Data Security
secures all email, disk, file and network communications between
businesses. The standalone PGP VPN application offers a fully
standards-compliant virtual private network client that enables remote
users to securely access corporate networks over the public Internet,
saving companies as much as 80 percent on remote dial-up costs.  
IDC Research recently named Network Associates as the world's leading
encryption software vendor, as well as the largest overall security
software vendor (including firewall, antivirus, and VPN). As demand for
seamless security to enable trusted e-business relationships grows, the
worldwide market for security software is projected to grow to $8.3
billion in 2003. This relaxation of export regulations allows U.S. based
companies for the first time to compete globally in the race to secure
the planet with easy-to-use, deploy, and manage encryption software to
enable trusted transactions.  
"This decision further establishes the PGP product line as a true
worldwide standard for enabling secure e-business," said Mona Doss,
senior product manager for PGP. "Thanks to this export license, the PGP
product line can now be easily used to secure data both within and
between businesses almost anywhere in the world."  
With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Network Associates, Inc. is a
leading supplier of enterprise network security and management software.
Network Associates' Net Tools Secure and Net Tools Manager offer
best-of-breed, suite-based network security and management solutions.
Net Tools Secure and Net Tools Manager suites combine to create Net
Tools which centralizes these point solutions within an easy-to-use,
integrated systems management environment. For more information, Network
Associates can be reached at 
972-308-9960
 or on the Internet at
http://www.nai.com
.  
NOTE: Network Associates, PGP and Net Tools are registered trademarks of
Network Associates, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the US and/or other
countries. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in the
document are the sole property of their respective owners.  
Š 1999, Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated Companies. All
Rights Reserved.  
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facendo seguito al precedente messaggio sull'argomento, forwardo questo
posting, secondo il quale l'annunciata liberalizzazione dell'export di
crittografia forte dagli USA slitterebbe all'anno prossimo
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Seen at:
http://www.nai.com/asp_set/about_nai/press/releases/pr_template.asp?PR=/P
    ressMedia/12131999.asp&Sel=647
The first paragraph is the only one you need to read.  The rest of the
paragraphs are littered with marketing cruft...
    SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Associates,
    Inc.  (Nasdaq: NETA) today announced that it has been granted a full
    license by the U.S. Government to export its market-leading PGP
    encryption software, ending a decades-old ban on the export of
    strong encryption products.  The license, effective immediately,
    allows Network Associates, the world's largest security software
    company (IDC Research, 1999) to export its full strength PGP
    encryption software to virtually all countries worldwide without
    restriction.   Worldwide availability of strong encryption is widely
    seen as a necessity for enabling trusted e-business transactions
    over the Internet.
However, yesterday's San Jose Mercury News has another story that will
probably put a lid on NAI's enthusiasm, at least for the next month.
From
http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/crypto121499.htm
 ...
    WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration has decided to delay the
    release of new rules on the export of encryption technology,
    responding to harsh criticism from from the high-tech industry and
    civil rights groups of draft regulations released last month.
    Revised regulations were scheduled to be announced Wednesday, but
    administration officials said Monday the release will be delayed
    until Jan. 14.
    Critics of the draft proposal were cautiously optimistic that the
    one-month delay would result in an improved document, which is
    intended to make it easier for U.S. firms to export powerful
    encryption products that can be used to safeguard the privacy of
    communication on the Internet.
You can read the whole article at the above URL.
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Gregory Pratt                                 East Rutherford, NJ, USA
gpr...@frontiernet.net
                        PGP public key available
http://www.frontiernet.net/~gpratt/
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