Messages in this thread | | | From | BROWN Nick <> | Subject | RE: 2.3.x wish list? | Date | Thu, 13 May 1999 16:44:11 +0200 |
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>> - Encryption at the IP level (IPsec?) > It is, and betas will appear soon for 2.2.* kernels. > It will *never* be part of the standard kernel, because > US Government thinks that encryption is equal to munitions..
This might not be quite right, for two reasons. Firstly, it would not be hard to arrange for non-US users of Linux to get their IP encryption from a non-US site. (Provided it was developed outside the US, it could be legally imported to the US)
Secondly, the Evil Empire is planning to ship IPsec in Windows 2000. Unless they provide a source-code level plug-in which can be shown to have been developed outside the US, they will have to do some lobbying to get the law changed, and that would benefit everybody (for once).
Nick Brown, Strasbourg, France (Nick(dot)Brown(at)coe(dot)int)
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