Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Crypto] Re: ftp.kernel.org vs. ftp.funet.fi | Date | Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:05:35 +0200 | From | Olaf Titz <> |
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In article <199704190944.FAA04829@jenolan.caipgeneral> you write: > Won't work, there are laws that say it is also illegal to export > anything which "allows non-exportable crypto to be plugged in > easily".
Then does this apply to the loopback device? It has hooks for encryption where you can semi-easily (some source tweaking necessary) plug in a DES module.
I'd hate to see the official kernel distribution "Bones"ed.
> There were changes many months ago to Glibc specifically because of > this problem.
As I assume the FSF lawyers know this stuff better than I: what needed to be taken out?
olaf
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