From owner-freebsd-security Thu Nov 14 09:47:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA21187 for security-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 09:47:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.181]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA21164 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 09:46:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from cardinal.fsl.noaa.gov (daemon@cardinal.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.60.101]) by gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA10632; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 17:46:39 GMT Received: from auk.fsl.noaa.gov by cardinal.fsl.noaa.gov with SMTP (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA203883598; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 17:46:39 GMT Message-Id: <328B5B03.7185@fsl.noaa.gov> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:46:43 -0700 From: Sean Kelly Organization: NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; HP-UX B.10.10 9000/725) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Paul Cc: Seppo Kallio , freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Secure RPC revisited References: <199611141606.LAA27259@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-security@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bill Paul wrote: > I don't think the Linux people 'solved' this in any way. I think > they just went ahead and included the code and either weren't aware > of the export laws, or they were aware of them and just hoped that > nobody would notice what they were doing. Being surrounded by Linux bigots most of the day, information like this makes it very tempting to hinder the entire Linux effort by placing a few yet highly effective phone calls. The idea's quite sleazy, though, so I won't be doing it. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/