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

Discusses the reactions to the United States government's loosening of regulations on export of encryption software by professors who teach and do research in encryption. Effect on terrorism; Approval of financing to create stronger code-cracking tools; How the policy prevents posting of information encryption on the Internet; How distance education could make violations of the restrictions possible; Impact of the continuing restrictions on computer-science researchers.