Wassenaar Arrangement controls on software

• Before 1998: General Software Note (GSN) exempted mass marked software and software 'in the public domain'
  • USA, Australia, New Zealand, France and Russia disallowed this
• Since 1998, more restrictive
  • GSN replaced by 'Cryptography Note' in Category 5 Pt 2 `Information Security'
  • Does not allow export where key lengths exceed 64 bits
  • Requires 'details of the items' to be provided to national authorities