Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.3.x wish list? | From | (Jonathan Corbet) | Date | Thu, 13 May 1999 09:11:47 -0600 |
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> [Matti] > > - 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..
Actually, if the recent 9th circuit court ruling stands, the U.S. government will find itself pretty effectively corrected on that score. It's going to take a while to settle out, but the U.S. crypto export laws may well be on their way out.
What that would do, of course, is highlight the fact that the U.S. is not the only country out there with weird crypto laws. It still may not be possible to put crypto into the standard kernel.
jon
Jonathan Corbet, Eklektix, Inc. corbet@eklektix.com
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