October 8, 1999

Changes in U.S. Encryption Policy May Not Ease Professors' Fears

By KELLY McCOLLUM

While the technology industry is cheering the Clinton Administration's recent loosening of regulations on encryption software, professors who teach and do research in the field aren't so excited.

"It's meaningful for companies that export certain types of software, but as far as the legal constraints that the academic community faces, it really makes no difference," says George T. Duncan, a professor of statistics who studies encryption at Carnegie Mellon

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