- The Bureau of Export Control (BXA)
in the Department of Commerce. Responsibilty for what may be
exported from the US, including software.
- The Department of State, which
determines what types of activities are risky and who is a terrorist
state. They used to take a much more active role over overseeing
export of encryption.
- The White House,
primarily through executive orders. Clinton played a role in
lessening encryption restrictions. The current administration
has not been as active (?).
- The European Union, which
has taken a strong stance in providing a level economic playing
field for its member nations.
- For much more: Koop's crypto law survey, including the
US
entry.
Who makes crypto laws change?
- Whitfield Diffie, and others, by developing
public key cryptography (late 1960's/early 70's)
- Phil Zimmerman, through release of Pretty Good Privacy
(1991)
- NCSA's Mosaic, and other Web browsers, for necessitating
encryption for e-commerce and other transactions (1993)
- The US Congress, by implementing the DMCA (1998)
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