From: pSeries AIX Geek (aixgeek@YAHOO.COM)
Date: Wed Jan 07 2004 - 09:26:57 EST
1. No. They are citizens of their respective
countries. They just VPN into the US from their home
country and access servers in data centers locally.
2. US corporation.
3. That's an open question at this point.
4. Let's assume so.
I realize that this is kind of a weird question, and
we're already running it past the pack of wildebeests
(lawyers), but that takes time. I'm just looking for
cases as to whether anyone else has a similar
situation and if you had any concerns/problems.
- pAG
--- JOSEPH KREMBLAS <jkremblas@REDHEARTGIFTS.COM>
wrote:
> Questions:
> (1) Are the admins who work in the
> foreign countries U.S.
> citizens?
> (2) Are the servers, which are located
> within the U.S., owned by
> a foreign U.S. corporation or a U.S. corporation?
> (3) Are method of encryption is being
> used on the data? DES?
> 128-bit? Etc?
> (4) Is the source code that is used to
> encrypt/decrypt data
> public software?
>
> --joseph
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM AIX Discussion List
> [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
> pSeries AIX Geek
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:16 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: (Slightly OT) Remote admins and encrypted
> data
>
>
> Scenario:
> - Server physically located in the U.S.
> - Contains data encrypted using GnuPG or other
> utilities
> - Batch scripts on the server decrypt data, perform
> processing, re-encrypt data.
> - Server support staff includes admins located in
> other countries (India, for instance).
>
>
> Question: Do the U.S. export laws regulating the
> dissemenation of cryptographic materials apply to
> admins in foreign countries who remotely administer
> systems and data located in the U.S.?
>
> Those admins have access to the source code and/or
> compiled binaries that encrypt and decrypt the data,
> and would have the ability to ftp back and forth
> from
> the server.
>
>
>
> Anyone have any comment? [Particularly you non-US
> guys who administer data located in the U.S.]
>
>
> - pAG
>
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