By Sally Watson
Published: 17 September 1999 15:47 GMT
US Attorney General, Janet Reno, is warning that the relaxation of encryption export laws will benefit criminals as well as businesses.
After years of pressure from industry officials, the Clinton Administration announced on Thursday that it would allow any encryption product or software to be exported to commercial firms and end users worldwide. Previously it had banned the export of anything with a key length over 64bit.
But at a White House news conference, Reno warned: "We must recognise that the policy the administration is announcing today will result in greater availability of encryption, which will mean that more criminals and terrorists will use encryption."
Under the new proposals, companies will have to apply for a license to export encryption products and the export to seven countries - Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria - will be banned.
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