Wired: Down Under and Out of Reach

Thanks to Marty for this link.

"A leading supplier of data-scrambling software opened an Australian branch office Wednesday to bypass US export restrictions and secure the talents of two renowned software engineers."

"Brisbane-based cryptographers Eric Young and Tim Hudson now form the core of RSA Data Security Australia.

"Young is renowned in the software industry for developing an open-source version of Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL.

"That open-source code library, SSLeay, underlies many software programs, including the California-based C2Net's Stronghold Web server and the Mozilla Web browser."

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