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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:47:22 -0400
From: Rich Rumble <richrumble@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: does JTR fall under export control laws in the US?

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:04 PM, <chris4000@...il.com> wrote:

> Sorry if this is outlined somewhere that I did not find.
>
> Does anyone know if I include John the Ripper in an open source project
> (as a benchmark in this case), if that will that have implications for US
> encryption export laws?  Does anyone have experience with this?  Thx

Those laws are all but gone now, that was a law back when Clinton was
prsident but now they have expired and or been removed.
http://www.bis.doc.gov/encryption/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_in_the_United_States#Current_status
Just don't use JtR for military purposes and you're good to go :)
-rich

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