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Date:      Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:10:13 -0400
From:      Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
To:        Tom <bifrost@minions.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about Export Restrictions
Message-ID:  <rmi8xq9k76i.fsf@fnord.ir.bbn.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060412112332.L47470@evil.minions.com> (bifrost@minions.com's message of "Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:32:40 -0700 (PDT)")
References:  <20060412112332.L47470@evil.minions.com>

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Tom <bifrost@minions.com> writes:

> I work for a company that builds an appliance based on FreeBSD (4.X)
> and we've just had our first question come up about exporting the
> appliance out of the US (specifically the EU).

> Since FreeBSD uses OpenSSL/OpenSSH, I'm under the impression that we
> need to gut out anything higher than 56bit (3DES/etc) crypto out of it.

> I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right
> direction on this :)

Find a good lawyer familiar with export control issues - the rules are
complicated.

-- 
        Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>



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