Encryption Restrictions

Tags: 2000s CHN Global

Authors: Messmer, Ellen

Published: March 2004

URL: https://www.networkworld.com/article/2331257/encryption-restrictions.html

Abstract: In March of 2004, Ellen Messmer, Senior Editor of Network World, wrote regarding global systems of encryption restrictions on imports, exports and use, and the implications for network managers operating globally. Messmer specifically highlighted the mandatory key-sharing program in China, which requires companies to appoint an “encryption contact” to provide all keys to the Chinese government upon request, as an example of foreign encryption policy functioning to disincentive encryption use by foreign corporations operating within a given country. Messmer also noted that other areas of the world, such as Russia and Israel, “remain problematic in terms of encryption use,” due to their comparably (to the United States) stricter encryption protocols.