[R] URGENT Requested info for application: R for Windows 1.3.1 (ref: 59282)

[Thomas Lumley]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Garza, Hortencia [BEELINE] wrote:

> I work in export compliance and would like to know if you would please
> answer the questions below in regards to your application, R for Windows
> 1.3.1.  The information I'm requesting is for export compliance.
>

I'm surprised that you would consider replies from random mailing-list members as sufficiently reliable information for this.  The R Foundation for Statistical Computing would be the authoritative source, although they might not be willing/able to answer questions that appear to require knowledge of export control law in the unspecified country you are exporting from.

>
> RE:
>
> Application:  R for Windows 1.3.1

Uwe Ligges has already pointed out that R 1.3.1 is *seriously* outdated.


> Application Description: statistical computing and graphics
>
> Vendor: R-Project
>
>
>
> Export Compliance Questionnaire for Software Clearance
>
> 1.       Does software run on standard PC?

Yes

> 2.       Does software contain custom features not available off the
> shelf?

Not clear what this means. The copy of R you downloaded does not contain any custom features that aren't in the copies that other people downloaded back in 2001.

> 3.       Does software use encryption algorithms for access passwords?

The standard R distribution does not.  I don't expect any single individual could say whether all the contributed packages do; you would have to ask the maintainers of any packages you wanted to export.

>
> If encryption algorithm is beyond password security, please respond to
> the following;
>
> 1.       What is the key length (in bits) of encryption algorithm?
>
> 2.       Is algorithm publicly available? (if yes, please provide name
> of encryption algorithm and web site URL where available.)
>
> 3.       Are there any unique features of encryption such as open
> cryptographic interface, network infrastructure applications, etc?
>

Again, the standard R distribution does not use encryption, but contributed packages may. For example, the randaes package contains a random number generator that uses the Advanced Encryption Standard block cipher.


       -thomas

Thomas Lumley			Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle