Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Jan 2000 03:00:15 +1100 | From | Andrew Pam <> | Subject | Re: Linux crypto patch for 2.3 kernels |
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On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 03:36:39PM +0100, DAVID BALAZIC wrote: > Andrew Pam wrote : > > I've been porting the "International (crypto) Kernel Patch" for the Linux > > 2.2 kernels from www.kerneli.org to the 2.3 development kernels. You can > > find the patches against kernel 2.3 at http://www.sericyb.com.au/ and I > > hope that as a result of the new US regulations on crypto export that take > > effect today this can be included in the official kernels soon. > > Are you sure that those new regulations take effect today ?
Actually they apparently took effect on Wednesday January 12: http://204.193.246.62/public.nsf/docs/60D6B47456BB389F852568640078B6C0
Note this paragraph:
: Global Exports of Unrestricted Encryption Source Code : : Encryption source code which is available to the public and which is : not subject to an express agreement for the payment of a licensing fee : or royalty for commercial production or sale of any product developed : with the source code may be exported under a license exception without : a technical review. The exporter must submit to the Bureau of Export : Administration a copy of the source code, or a written notification of : its Internet location, by the time of export. Foreign products made with : the unrestricted source code do not require review and classification by : the U.S. Government for reexport. This license exception should apply : to exports of most "open source" software.
> Also the EFF, EPIC and some other organisations issued a press > release that says that everything is not so pink as one might think > on first look. > The release is avaliable at www.eff.org .
http://www.eff.org/11300_crypto_release.html to be precise.
While I agree with the EFF position that there are still significant problems with the export regulations and that further changes are desirable, I believe that the new regulations now in place already permit encryption to be included in the standard Linux kernels as I suggested.
Share and enjoy the crypto, *** Xanni *** -- mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Technology Manager, Glass Wings http://www.sericyb.com.au/sc/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics P.O. Box 26, East Melbourne VIC 8002 Australia Phone +61 3 9419-2989
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