RE: Issues with S/MIME Message Specification

pgut001@cs.aucKland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) Wed, 19 May 1999 16:00 UTC

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Andrew Ferguson <aferguso@enternet.com.au> writes:

>I believe it should say SHOULD (definitly not MUST) and perhaps to be precise
>refer to the newly ratified Wassenaar agreement,  eg : "except where
>prohibited under the Wassenaar Agreement" which will cover export and import
>into and from various countries.

Adding this wouldn't make much sense, Wassenaar isn't a treaty or agreement but
an arrangement, and has no binding force on anyone, so Wassenaar itself doesn't
prohibit anything.  As the Wassenaar articles say, implementation is purely a
matter of national legislation and policy.

Peter.