Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 06:31:13 -0500 From: "Michael P. Deslippe" <bgy2452@lists.dcro.dla.mil> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Troy Smith <tdsmith@topeka.cjnetworks.com> Subject: Re: web (and distribution!) update needed Message-ID: <199701171127.GAA00464@lists.dcro.dla.mil> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970115224741.21983A-100000@topeka>
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> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 22:56:00 -0600 (CST) > From: Troy Smith <tdsmith@topeka.cjnetworks.com> > To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org > Subject: web (and distribution!) update needed > Sorry to have to tell you this, but the Feds have changed the export > rules again Re: encryption. Basically, nobody in the US can export jack > unless they provide a back door for the feds. You probably are already > aware of this, but this passage from the web page indicates not: To what timeframe do you refer when you say "changed the export rules" - the Clipper Chip laws failed the legal review and were never implemented. Did something happen subsequent to that to change the law? Forcing a "back door" remains unconstitutional as far as I know. Please provide a reference. ---Mike > ____________________ > > If password security for FreeBSD is all you need and you have no > requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts > (Suns, DEC machines, etc) into FreeBSD password entries, then > FreeBSD's MD5 based security may be all you require! We feel that our > default security model is more than a match for DES, and without any > messy export issues to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside) > the U.S., give it a try! This snapshot also includes support for > mixed password files - either DES or MD5 passwords will be accepted, > making it easier to transition from one scheme to the other. > ________________ > > Now, if you've provided a back door, then you're cool with the feds, but > if you haven't, and you still allow overseas ftp, you could be in deep > sh*t. I dislike all this nonsense as much as the next guy, but, until > the rules are changed, they're the ones we'll go to prison over. > > Hate being a wet blanket, > > Troy Smith > >
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