The export of encryption software technology has been transferred from the United States Munitions List to the Commerce Control List. The transfer is carried out as part of the Administration's encryption export policy initiative announced by the Vice President on October 1, 1996. On November 15, 1996, the president issued a memorandum and executive order that described how these items would be controlled by the Commerce Department.

The Chicago Field Office attempted to contact the encryption software manufacturers in their office's area of jurisdiction. The purpose of these contacts was to introduce their office to the people and companies that are on the "cutting edge of this ever-changing technology." Scott Wenger, the author of the CRYP and SECURE encryption programs, was on a list of encryption software manufacturers in the United States.

U.S. Law restricts the export of encryption software. Encryption software can be exported to certain other countries only if it meets very specific criteria. As such, both the CRYP program and the SECURE encryption program will not be sold outside of the United States. People in the United States are free to evaluate the CRYP and SECURE programs and to purchase either software program if it meets their needs.