International Crypto Campaign

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The major impediment to the wide spread adoption of cryptography, to protect vital infrastructures from attack and electronic commerce from fraud, has been controls on the export of cryptography. The only international agreement on the export of cryptography is the Wassenaar Arrangement, which wrongly classes encryption as a dual-use technology (one that could be used for offensive purposes).

On 15th September 1998 Members of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign issued a statement calling for the removal of cryptography export restrictions from the Wassenaar Arrangement.

Since then companies and associations have been expressing their support for the statement.

If your company or association wishes to "sign" the following support statement:

"We, the undersigned companies and associations support the Global Internet Liberty Campaign Member Statement of 15th September 1998 calling for the removal of cryptography export restrictions from the Wassenaar Arrangement."

and you are authorised to sign statements on behalf of your company or association, please write to <[email protected]> giving your company or association name, web address and country.

This page last updated on 22nd September 1998

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