Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 00:33:38 -0500 From: "John C. Place" <jcplace@attglobal.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is ssh & JDK Message-ID: <19991122003338.F866@attglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <863dtz85mw.fsf@emerson.gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us>; from Don Croyle on Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 12:19:51AM -0500 References: <gelemna.list.freebsd.questions/19991121233133.A416@ibm.net> <863dtz85mw.fsf@emerson.gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us>
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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
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