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Cryptography regulations threaten OSS in SA
Tuesday, 28 September 2004, 19:40 GMT

South Africa's Electronic Communications and Transactions (ECT) Act of 2002 is a controversial piece of legislation. It attempts to address a whole lot of issues at once, without seeming to do a good job of any of them. Sections include a national e-strategy, e-government, electronic documents, cryptography, authentication, consumer protection, the .za domain name authority, and cyber crime.

Chapter 5 deals with cryptography. It specifies the compulsory registration of all "cryptography providers" with the Department of Communications. The Act states in 30(1): "No person may provide cryptography services or cryptography products in the Republic until the particulars ... in respect of that person have been recorded in the register..."

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