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Date:      Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:09:25 -0700
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Olivier Cherrier <chweche@ifrance.com>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: librsaintl-1.1 
Message-ID:  <200009202209.e8KM9PG38280@netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <39C891DD.5040500@ifrance.com> 

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Olivier Cherrier wrote:
> Hi Peter.
> 
> 
> Is the librsaintl-1.1 removal the cause of the ssh2 port removal ?

No, because the reason for its existance is gone.  The RSA patent expired
today, that was the sole reason for this port - ie: to enable people stuck
in the US the option to use the superior international implementation of
the RSA algorithms.

The non-US versions of FreeBSD built and installed the librsaintl library
automatically.  I believe the librsaintl package is still available for
people to use 'pkg_add -r librsaintl' over the net.  I am not sure quite
what the FreeBSD 4.x install cd's install, I believe the package is on
there somewhere though.  (I have never installed a full system from CD, I
have always installed a minimum system and recompiled the rest from
scratch)

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5



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