From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 4 13:48: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id B0BF137B869; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 13:48:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AECFE2E8158; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 13:48:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@hub.freebsd.org) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 13:48:01 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway To: "Joseph T. Lee" Cc: Warner Losh , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Victor Salaman , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: openssl in -current In-Reply-To: <20000304121426.A25806@greenwood3.nerv.nu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Joseph T. Lee wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 01:28:34AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > One thing to keep in mind is that on Sept 8, 2000 the patent for RSA > > expires and this whole mess goes away. Or at least devolves into the > > usual crypto export mess rather than the crypto export plus rsa patent > > law plus rsaref license jumping. > > So, to double-check here.. it would be illegal to build an openssl based > mod_ssl-in-Apache or ApacheSSL Apache to use as the ssl-enabled webserver > for an E-commerce company? Only if you use RSAREF. Both can be used without it - you just can't use SSLv2. Kris ---- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message