Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 19:36:07 -0500 (EST) From: Frank <frankd@yoda.fdt.net> To: Stefan Esser <se@zpr.uni-koeln.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd linux and FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960124192621.195F-100000@Kryten.nina.com> In-Reply-To: <199601250023.AA21978@Sysiphos>
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On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, Stefan Esser wrote: > On Jan 24, 18:55, Frank wrote: > } Subject: Re: passwd linux and FreeBSD > > } > } You will note from the header that Mr Morini is in Italy. You may also > } > } note that DES is not exportable outside the US. > } > > } > And you might try to imagine, just for a moment, > } > that he doesn't have to EXPORT it from the US, in > } > order to IMPORT it to Italy ... > } > > } > Thanks, I KNEW you could do it, if you only tried! > > } DES is STILL subject to US export restrictions. > > Well, seems I was wrong, you could not imagine > he was importing it, without any need to have it > be exported from the US for that purpose ... > > Sorry ... > > Now, we'll try again, slowly: > > Try to imagine, that by some wonderful inspiration > some person outside the US managed to write code, > that looks like DES, talks like DES, walks like DES. > > You got the picture ? > > And now he gives this code to somebody else outside > the US, without it ever going through the US. > > You can imagine that ? I can also imagine being sent a courteous reply. > This might help you understand why the people working > on the security and encryption code in FreeBSD have > mail adresses ending in ".za" and ".au" and why the > host "ftp.internat.freebsd.org" is located in South > Africa ... Where was this stated in the post I replied to? Or your reply to me? I was unaware that DES-like encryption work was being done outside the US. An explanation is always preferable to humiliation. > > Regards, STefan > -- > Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 > Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 > ============================================================================== > http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE> >
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