Published: 2 October 1998 17:01 GMT
The Canadian government plans to relax its export policy on encryption software.
Industry Minister, John Manley, said the government will not require strong encryption products to have built-in 'back doors', allowing access to law enforcement agencies. Export processes will also be streamlined.
The move contrasts with the situation in the US, where a back-door policy is in operation, and there is a strict limit on the export of products with security keys stronger than 40bit.
Manley promised that Canada will monitor the export policies of other countries to ensure a "level playing field" for its growing cryptography industry, which he said was worth $300m last year.
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