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SubjectRe: US relaxes crypto restrictions?
Astor,

Does this mean that you are now willing to accept machine readable patches
that originate in the USA or Canada?

Reed,

On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 09:51:59AM +0100, 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
>
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> Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway
> http://www.guardian.no/
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