CNN reported this morning that US Officials are in contact with Iraqi Generals via email.
Do you think they use some sort of public/private key authentication?
I doubt it, but anything is possible. :-)
If it was me I'd use encryption for something so sensitive; I don't want to get bombed even more just because I got my email intercepted and changed, hehe.
However, on the flip side, I'm not sure if the USA would wish to use encrypted emails with Iraq. I could be wrong, but isn't encryption and the like not for use for Iraq and similar places? Disclaimer: I'm not a law buff; I'm just asking.
It's my understanding that the US has intercepted a lot of Iraqi e-mail providing them Command and Control info. As such, I don't think the Iraqi's are using much encryption.
As for the law regarding encryption export, I think the ban is restricted to strong encryption (like 128-bit) unless waived by some loopholes allowing export to specific countries and company holdings in certain foreign countries.