Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:57:32 -0500 | From | David Feuer <> | Subject | Re: US relaxes crypto restrictions? |
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Guest section DW wrote: > > From: "Alan Olsen" <alano@adams.pcx.ncd.com> > > On Jan 12, 4:41pm, christophe.leroy5@capway.com wrote: > > > I think nobody shall suffer of it. > > Just make a kernel with everithing needed for encryption but only > > xor encryption, and a separate patch that replaces xor by DES > > > > Everybody will be able to use the one they want. > > Nope. > > The US Government considers this kind of crypto hook the same as exporting > crypto. (Kind of the way that some religions equate lusting after a woman the > same as adultry. Allowing crypto into your source is the same as encrypting in > the real world.) > > The Apache group has run into the same problem. They tried the above approach > and still had a visit from the TLA who shall not be named. > > Hmm. Self-censorship is worse than being censored. > > When the loop device was added, people said the same things. > So far, as far as I know, nothing happened. > > You see, there is a risk here for these three-letter-acronyms as well. > As long as they can frighten you, they get what they want without > taking formal action. On the other hand, if they take formal action, > maybe you go to court, and maybe they lose. This has happened a few > times already, and each time the position of this TLA becomes weaker. > > The conclusion is that if you behave reasonable there is no > great reason to worry. > > Andries
Since the hooks are obviously to add compression and redundancy coding there shouldn't be any problem..... OTOH, I wish Linus still lived in Finland.
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