From owner-freebsd-security Sun Feb 16 13:36:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA28864 for security-outgoing; Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:36:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from kirk.edmweb.com (kirk.edmweb.com [204.244.190.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA28857 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:36:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from bitbucket (bluesmoke.edmweb.com [204.244.190.8]) by kirk.edmweb.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA11506; Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:35:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost by bitbucket with smtp id m0vwEFA-000CEdC (Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:35:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 13:35:30 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Reid X-Sender: steve@bluesmoke To: Mark Mayo cc: Warner Losh , Poul-Henning Kamp , 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 > > : Theo belives he can export anything just because he is in Canada. > > > > He can. That's what Candian law states. He's looked into it. [snip] > Item 1000 in the ECL is a General Technology Note (GTN) and a General > Software Note (GSN). These notes permit the export of "software" or > "technology" that is "in the public domain", and also permit the export of > "basic scientific research". "In the public domain" simply means that > there are no distribution restrictions. FreeBSD applies, I believe. Marc Plumb has done some research into Canada's laws. Take a look at http://insight.mcmaster.ca/org/efc/pages/doc/crypto-export.html Has Theo had any problems travelling in the US? print pack"C*",split/\D+/,`echo "16iII*o\U@{$/=$z;[(pop,pop,unpack"H*",<> )]}\EsMsKsN0[lN*1lK[d2%Sa2/d0