From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 21 21:33:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from prserv.net (out2.prserv.net [165.87.194.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165AE14C92 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 21:33:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from placej@ibm.net) Received: from ibm.net. ([166.72.224.27]) by prserv.net (out2) with ESMTP id <19991122053336229025u0fie>; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 05:33:36 +0000 Received: (from placej@localhost) by ibm.net. (8.9.3/8.9.2) id AAA01053 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 00:33:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from placej) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 00:33:38 -0500 From: "John C. Place" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is ssh & JDK Message-ID: <19991122003338.F866@attglobal.net> Reply-To: "John C. Place" Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <863dtz85mw.fsf@emerson.gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <863dtz85mw.fsf@emerson.gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us>; from Don Croyle on Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 12:19:51AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 12:19:51AM -0500, Don Croyle wrote: > The CDs don't include an ssh package because the US government doesn't > like people to use strong crypto, and barring the export of it (even > when it was imported originally) makes it slightly harder to obtain > and use. There's also the RSA patent issue. > Ahh, I should have seen that coming, leave it to the Govt. to make things more dificult for the guys with the "white hats" :-) > JDK isn't included because "License doesn't allow distribution with > fee". > Hmmm I never knew that, is it JDK that has that restriction or Java itself? > Both can easily be built from the ports collection. > I agree ssh is not bad, but because of it's size JDK is a bit of a monster, (in size) the last time I checked. At any rate thanks for the quick & consice response (less than 2 hours). Take care John jcplace@attglobal.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message