On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:06:29AM +0200, Michael Schwartzkopff wrote:
> Hi,
>
> does anybody know how the laws about encryption in China are? Is it allowed to
> establish a encrypted VPN tunnel form the Beijing office to the headquarters
> outside of China?
We have encrypted connections from all over the PRC connecting back to our
headquarters in the States. IANAL, but the US export laws changed in
the last few years; our Chinese locations are part of a wholly
owned subsidy, meaning we could send strong crypto products there. I
am not sure about German law. Nothing under Chinese law prohibited us
from deploying the strong crypto there for our business needs.
To deploy the crypto I first checked our domestic export regulations
and then deferred compliance with Chinese law to our Chinese
business's IT management. They came back and said "this is not a
problem".
At one time we used to backhaul *all* Internet traffic across frame
from China, allowing the sites to browse the web and bypass the
alledged "Great Firewall of China". The Chinese were not concerned to
my knowledge. Now they use local ISPs but they are more concerned
with performance than potential filtering.
Matt
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Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Cell: 717-917-7099
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