Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:33:41 +0100 (BST) From: Developer <dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>, Tony Kimball <alk@think.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Migrating BSDI 1.1 Passwords Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960802092809.18974B-100000@fgate.flevel.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.960801150339.22320A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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> > > Now you've done it. They have to cut off your sup feed. And probably > > > have to hack supfilesrv to special-case export-restricted directories > > > in the long run (wasted manpower) or worse yet cut off all non-US > > > domains from sup.freebsd.org -- otherwise they are not excercising due > > > diligence and are subject to seizure/lien/forfeiture/criminal action. > > > > It's ok banning `*.uk', for example, but what happens (for example) if > > the person wanting the code works for `demon.net' or `xara.net', both > > of whom are in the UK, and both of whom have US style addresses? We > > can't win :-( > > Yes, you can. There are only a limited number of netblocks allocated to > the UK, and all of those could be banned. > > Apparently, gatekeeper.dec.com has been using access control via a > database of netblocks for a few years now for this exact purpose (or maybe > this has changed recently). Okay, so you ban all UK sites from suping the crypto source, but it becomes pretty pointless - you would have to remove it from the ftp sites as well or hack the ftp daemon. The all UK users have to do is get someone in the us to email it to them, or use a US account and then transfer it from there to the UK. Still, you are not gaining anything - the crypto sources will appear on non us sites, which means they have been exported somehow. Is there not a decent sup site for freebsd in the UK? Regards, Trefor S.
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