Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 23:23:36 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Jeff Aitken <jaitken@cslab.vt.edu> Cc: sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan), security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: secure/ changes... Message-ID: <199507262123.XAA27515@grumble.grondar.za>
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> Yes ;) I hit the wrong sequence of keys out of habit and sent the > message when I meant not to. Sorry. What I wanted to respond to was: > > > > Now, to cover my own butt, I have to add that I'm not a lawyer, > > > nor do I play one on TV or the net. I *can* read, though, and > > > have read a lot on this subject: often by people who *do* play > > > lawyers on the net. > > Although I don't claim to understand much about this whole issue, many > of the net.lawyers (and probably a few real ones too ;) think > Zimmermann is not guilty, but that hasn't stopped the DoJ from > prosecuting him (last I heard). Perhaps Rodney is simply taking the > position that he isn't willing to risk it, even if it seems like > importing crypto software isn't relaly illegal in all cases. The > entire FreeBSD core team has gone to great lengths to avoid any further > confrontations with USL, despite the beliefs of many well informed > people who thought their lawsuit was groundless/pointless/useless/ > frivilous/etc. Perhaps that lesson is carrying over into this issue... This debate has been very informative for me. I relised this was a problem, but I did not realise it was difficult as this to research. :-( :-( :-( I have the whole ITAR document now, and it is my intention to STUDY the bugger to see what it says. That should be definitive enough? BTW - and this is a BIIIG `BTW': Are all parties aware that our current DES library was written in Australia? Likewise eBones (By the same author as DES). A different Australian wrote our DES crypt(3) and friends. If we are scared of prosecution, _now_ is the time to divest ourselves of the cruft... M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200
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