From owner-freebsd-security Wed Nov 13 12:53:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA15280 for security-outgoing; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 12:53:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.177]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA15272; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 12:53:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost.dk.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id VAA01714; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 21:53:12 +0100 (MET) To: Bill Paul cc: will.kempf@firstdatacorp.com (Will Kempf), freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: Secure RPC revisited In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Nov 1996 15:24:20 EST." <199611132024.PAA25119@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 21:53:12 +0100 Message-ID: <1712.847918392@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-security@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199611132024.PAA25119@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>, Bill Paul writes: >It would seem that other Linux distributions that use the same libc are >in the same boat: I believe Slackware has the same Secure RPC and DES >code in it. If any of these Linux distributors have mailed CDs to >overseas addresses with DES code on them, then technically they've broken >the law and could go to jail and/or be fined a lot of money. > >My point is that it's just not fair that we should be going to all >this trouble to abide by the law while the Linux distributors just >thumb their noses at it. Well, that's one way to interpret this. The other one is to call the DoD, who is more than eager to show how much the damage to national safety would be, if you could export sources for encryption tools, and who is looking for cases... no, no, no! I didn't really mean that seriously!!!! Then again... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.