Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 10:06:06 -0700 From: Blaine Minazzi <bminazzi@w3page.com> To: Jakob Alvermark <jakob@teligent.se> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Passwords.. Message-ID: <34E088FE.773EB75F@w3page.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210170437.22575D-100000@datorn.teligent.se>
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Jakob Alvermark wrote: > > Hello. > > Is it possible to convert DES-encrypted passwords to MD5-encrypted > passwords? (linux to FreeBSD) > How can linux use DES passwords outside the states? (Is linux breaking the > law?) > > /Jakob Alvermark > You can use DES outside the US, _IF_ you obtain it outside the US. You just cannot obtain it inside the US, then export it, because some of our politicians are stupid assholes that beleive that only the US has encryption technology. You can take a book detailing the entire theory, complete with source code examples outside the US, but, take the actual software, and go to jail.... Do not look for logic in this. there is none. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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