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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 1999 19:46:19 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org>
To:        Igor Roshchin <igor@physics.uiuc.edu>
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Interesting problem: chowning files sent via FTP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990412194507.21872B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <199904122046.PAA01508@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu>

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As usual, recall that there are patents on both RSA and IDEA; use may be
restricted as a result, especially inclusion for the purposes of
redistribution.  The FreeBSD port is careful to download RSAREF to satisfy
at least a few of the RSA clauses; I think 3DES is now the default not
IDEA in the port but I'm not sure off hand.

Fortunately, the RSA patent expires RSN (yay!).

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Igor Roshchin wrote:

> That's the case for SSH v.2.x
> 
> 1.x - is free for any use.
> 
> check SSH's web site
> (http://www.ssh.fi/, I believe)
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> > As I understand it, SSH is encumbered by a license that requires
> > you to pay big bucks unless you're an individual or a non-profit.
> > I'd need to build the protocol into the specialized client
> > software, too, which also isn't allowed by the license. If it
> > were BSD-licensed, it wouldn't be a problem. 
> > 
> > --Brett
> > 
> > At 02:52 AM 4/10/99 -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote:
> > >> Is this so? I was under the impression that the default group of a
> > >> new file was the login group of the creator, as specified in /etc/passwd.
> > >
> > >The group by default is the group of the directory.
> > >No sgid need to be set on the directory.
> > >I've been using this in FreeBSD for a few years.
> > >In System V (Irix) - it's different.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Just an idea for the secure files transfer - "scp" (ssh) -
> > >it allows to to transfer everything securely.
> > >ssh can be used to delete the files.
> > >
> > >Igor
> > >
> > >
> > >
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