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SubjectRe: RC5 Challenge - Linux at Top

On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Nathan Bryant wrote:

> Sorry! I spoke too soon. I'd thought that somebody mentioned the sources
> were available, but I was wrong. :( They aren't available for
> export-control reasons, and because somebody could modify them to send
> crap to the server.

That's 100% bogus. Export law makes no distinction between source
and executable, it cares only about functionality. Further, anyone could
send bogus data to the server, with or without the source -- it's trivial
to intercept the program's data stream.

David Schwartz


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