Paul_IPv6 (paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:46:56 JST

@billstewart415 @encthenet @tasket @brouhaha

i still remember the PGP source code and 3DES being classed as munitions. there were t-shirts w pgp code as one workaround.

a company i was working for (UUNET) was doing a 3DES encrypted tunnel box at the time. we had to get registered as arms dealers with the state dept. two cool results:

1) we got the auction catalog with used tanks, etc. seemed like the perfect DC commuting vehicle
2) i got to call my parents and tell them that they didn't have to worry about me working on that weird/shifty thing, the internet. i was now an arms dealer.