From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 28 10:58:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA18277 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 May 1998 10:58:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stage1.thirdage.com (stage1.ThirdAge.com [204.74.82.151]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA18217 for ; Thu, 28 May 1998 10:58:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jal@ThirdAge.com) Received: from goober (gigi.ThirdAge.com [204.74.82.169]) by stage1.thirdage.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA20527; Thu, 28 May 1998 10:54:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980528105120.00acc500@204.74.82.151> X-Sender: jal@204.74.82.151 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 10:51:20 -0700 To: Atipa From: Jamie Lawrence Subject: Re: FreeBSD Tunneling Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <8169.896324451@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 08:03 PM 5/27/98 -0600, you wrote: > >> > Jordan mentioned to me that Walnut Creek is in some sort of >> > crypto-law-exempt region or something, and FreeBSD can use full-strength >> > crypto. Jordan, care to explain? This would be a big loss to FreeBSD if >> > this technology goes non-exportable! >> >> I wouldn't worry too much about this. > >If you have an authoritative coder saying "this will not be available >outside the US", I would worry, or explain to him/her why one should not. > >I myself would like to know why we need not worry. My guess is that you need not worry because every major (and most minor) crypto package released "USA only" ends up in an overseas ftp repository within hours of release. There seem to be a large number of people who compete to be the first to violate the EAR. -j To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message