Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:08:08 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Eric Masson <e-masson@kisoft-services.com> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: adding crypto support to GENERIC Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031120110636.20382A-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <86ekw4nqcd.fsf@t39bsdems.interne.kisoft-services.com>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Eric Masson wrote: > >>>>> "Wilko" == Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> writes: > > >> Are there any of those left ? > Wilko> France ? > > Use of cryptographic devices seems to spread quickly these days in > France, Laws have been seriously softened in this area, but I don't know > for sure actual status. > > I'll check on a french security dedicated group. Regardless, would the prohibition be on possession of the drivers for crypto hardware, or on possession and/or use of the crypto hardware? (In the US, export or even use of algorithm-independent crypto interfaces has been covered by export restrictions in the past, FYI). The hardware device drivers contain no crypto themselves, they just make use of hardware that's there. I would have thought the software algorithm implementations would be much more of an issue... Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories
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