From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Feb 10 08:52:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA27001 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:52:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xenu.denverweb.net (xenu.denverweb.net [199.45.153.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA26920 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:52:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bminazzi@w3page.com) Received: from orion (blaine@sdn-ts-004coauroP13.dialsprint.net [206.133.160.80]) by xenu.denverweb.net (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA12880; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:53:25 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <34E088FE.773EB75F@w3page.com> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 10:06:06 -0700 From: Blaine Minazzi Organization: What, me organized? X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.32 i486) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jakob Alvermark CC: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Passwords.. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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