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Date:      Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:40:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de>
Cc:        hubs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bin/16557: rsa.h missing from /usr/include/openssl
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002090937520.59798-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200002091130.DAA91801@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:

>  For some reason cvsup.de.freebsd.org carries US crypto sources.
>  Net effect is: no RSA is installed when USA_RESIDENT is set to "NO",
>  but no complaint/error message either.
>  
>  So, either cleanup cvsup mirrors or maybe install RSA whenever
>  USA_RESIDENT is set to "NO" regardless where the sources came
>  from. The implementation is in the OpenSSL sources anyway, just use it ;-)
>  And use RSAREF instead if you're USA_RESIDENT.

The correct solution is the former: international mirrors must get their
crypto from internat. The US crypto mirror intentionally doesn't have any
RSA code to prevent any potential liability to mirror sites if someone
takes the code and illegally uses it.

Kris

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