Legal Issues Raised By the Democratization of Cryptography

Narata  Ram; Dr. Surendra Kumar Gupta

Legal Issues Raised By the Democratization of Cryptography

Challenges and Enforcement of Export Control Regimes in a Globalized World

by Narata Ram*, Dr. Surendra Kumar Gupta,

- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540

Volume 4, Issue No. 7, Jul 2012, Pages 0 - 0 (0)

Published by: Ignited Minds Journals

ABSTRACT

Export controls imposed on cryptographic softwareaffect the possibilities of individuals and companies of lawfully obtainingcryptographic software, in order to protect themselves against breaches ofsecurity. On the other hand, exportcontrol regimes constantly face new challenges from non- lawabiding people, whoseek to discover new ways and means to circumvent controls. The inherentlyglobal nature of information and communication networks makes the task ofexport control enforcement quite difficult and the difficulties of defining andenforcing jurisdictional boundaries in the international environment becomemore and more evident.

KEYWORD

Legal issues, Democratization, Cryptography, Export controls, Cryptographic software, Lawfully obtaining, Breaches of security, Export control regimes, Non-law-abiding people, Information and communication networks