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International controls: history (2)
- Main point of control - Key length
- Encryption strength is based largely on key length
- Key lengths of 56 bits or less can be cracked with moderate resources
- COCOM (Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls)
1949-1994
- Informal agreement between Western allies to control strategic goods and
technologies
- Post Cold War (1992), desire to include Warsaw Pact states and former
Soviet republics
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