From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Apr 16 13: 4:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95BA637B96F; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:04:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA79513; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:04:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:04:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: David Malone Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenSSL and IDEA. In-Reply-To: <200004161734.aa97897@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, David Malone wrote: > I notice that the IDEA code in OpenSSL is in the Attic and not in > the regular source tree. I know that OpenSSL is compiled with > something like -DNO_IDEA by default, but that doesn't mean IDEA > shouldn't be in the source tree for people who can use it. Would > it be possible to get idea reinstated and make it's compilation > a documented knob? > > (According to Applied Cryptography, IDEA is free for non-comercial > use. As the source code is being distributed via cvs anyway, I > can't see a reason why it isn't being included in any of the > branches.) I was under the impression it was restricted (patented) in the US and in some parts of europe - not having a clearer idea about where it was safe to use, I thought it better not to include it at all. If you can point me to something which explains where it's restricted and not, and under what terms, I'd be most appreciative :) Kris ---- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message