The original post: /r/debian by /u/Santosh83 on 2024-11-14 16:22:12.

This is excerpted from the Debian Dev docs:

Some countries restrict the use of cryptographic software by their citizens. This need not impede one’s activities as a Debian package maintainer however, as it may be perfectly legal to use cryptographic products for authentication, rather than encryption purposes. If you live in a country where use of cryptography even for authentication is forbidden then please contact us so we can make special arrangements."

I’m just curious to know which countries have banned their citizens from using cryptography, for both or either of authentication and encryption?