Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:57:43 +0000 | From | Michel Catudal <> | Subject | Re: US relaxes crypto restrictions? |
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Alexander Kjeldaas wrote: > > According to > > http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557828890-57c. > > the US will relax its crypto restrictions to a point where exporting > DES is legal. This potentially means that a lot of stuff that hasn't > been in the kernel now could be integrated. > > Is anybody aware of the exact nature of the policy change? What about > hooks for stronger crypto? If we're lucky, this means that the core > of the international kernel patch including DES could be distributed > together with the kernel. This could be a great step forward for the > security of the Internet. > > Some US people need to take a closer look at the new restrictions and > maybe even some paperwork needs to be done. > > astor
This one thing stopping the restrictions from here but in a few countries like France, Iran, Iraq, Russia, to encript is a act of war. Until those stupid laws are changed they would not be able to use our version of the kernel. I think we should still have a kernel with security but provide a version for those countries where it is illegal to use good encription.
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