Defense Trade Regulations

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Defense Trade Regulations

   <legal> The U.S. law governening munitions export and defense
   technology (F-16s, TOW missiles and {cryptology}).  According
   to the U.S. (and Canada) cryptography is a munition and people
   who export it can be charged as though they were exporting
   bombs or state secrets.  People have been.

   See also {EFF}.

   (1995-06-19)