Em 14/3/2010 20:07, Russell McMahon escreveu:
> It does seem ridiculous BUT it is not Digikey's fault (although they
> would be wise to explain the situation) - it's a result of very strict
> US government regulations over which the suppliers have no control.
>
> Products which are subject to ITAR restrictions are effectively
> classified as munitions, and their export in manners which contravene
> the regulations carry extremely severe penalties.
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_Regulations
>
> So suppliers are extremely careful to comply with them. Cryptographic
> products are often subject to ITAR, even though products which are
> often more secure (eg PGP) are freely available worldwide. [[AFAIK PGP
> was originally subject to ITAR but was legitimately exported by
> printing it in paper form which made it subject to ?1st amendment?
> freedoms which overcame the regulations. ]]
>   =


Yes, I know about ITAR, etc. What I said, is that Digikey didn't warn me
about the restriction until I was finishing my order.
Besides, I think this regulation is stupid, because I can buy a powerful
ARM9 running at 400MHz and implement AES, DES, etc. by software, much
faster than the XMEGA. Perhaps the USA government should forbid the
export of every microprocessor of FPGA :)


Regards,

Isaac

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