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Date:      Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:45:48 -0500 (EST)
From:      Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org>
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OpenSSH patches
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.991102214311.32465A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <19991102232912.C79916@florence.pavilion.net>

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On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Josef Karthauser wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 10:58:37AM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > 
> > > BTW, "they" tell me that when the new crypto guidelines are released, the
> > > chances are they will also be friendly to open source.  Hopefully "they"
> > > are right.  (they being people appropriately placed in the process)
> > 
> > I've been told the same thing but am investigating an export license
> > in any case.  For a lot of good reasons, this is something we really
> > need, even if we have to take a few chances and/or move a CVS server
> > to Canada. :)
> 
> Or England ;)

Yes, but they took away my passport that said "Great Britain" -- now it
says "EU".  Go figure.

My understanding is that the UK has it's own fill of crypto-controversy,
it just happens to be more open source-friendly, at least from my
conversations with Ross Anderson at Cambridge this summer... 

  Robert N M Watson 

robert@fledge.watson.org              http://www.watson.org/~robert/
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TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services



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