From owner-freebsd-security Tue Feb 18 15:56:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA11130 for security-outgoing; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 15:56:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA11115 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 15:56:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA00423; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:00:31 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:00:30 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: Carl Makin cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: blowfish passwords in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-security@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Carl Makin wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Mark Mayo wrote: > > This to throw a can amoungst the pigeons! Even if the code is not of US > origin, if the links it is being passed over go through US territory does > that make it subject to US restrictions. > > >From previous incidents it would seem that the US government thinks so. > > I just remember an incident when money was being sent from Australia to > Korea (I think) for helping blind ppl and it went through a US bank. It > was seized by the US govt as the US had restrictions on what could be sent > to that country (which Australia didn't). I believe that took a high > level diplomatic exchange to resolve. That is why Luxembourg and Switzerland exist. (Tongue somewhat in cheek, no flames please.) > Seeing as most of Australia's Internet links go via the US then would that > make it illegal (in the US) for us to retrieve DES stuff from Canada? This is very much an arguable point, and I think the FBI might have given up here. You don't see many people being prosecuted for fetching ssh from Finland, or SSLeay from Australia or PGP from New Zealand, no matter where they are. Danny