Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:24:39 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Smith <msmith@cdrom.com> To: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VNC on FreeBSD (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980227172146.4430B-100000@pike.cdrom.com>
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Hiho chaps, you would probably know how to answer this one. I just committed a port for the VNC system from ORL, which uses 56-bit DES for password encryption. Interestingly, the code was developed in the UK, but the DES sources were obtained from the USA. I asked the ORL people whether it was legitimate to export this code again (because it would be nice to have the distfiles and a package on the CD, especially because the Java module needs the JDK to build). Their response is below - are they on the beam here, or would I be shooting us in the foot if I believed it? Thanks. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:50:33 +0000 From: Tristan Richardson <tjr@orl.co.uk> To: Michael Smith <msmith@cdrom.com> Cc: vnc@orl.co.uk Subject: Re: VNC on FreeBSD > And one final question - the DES code used in the password > generation. In both cases, this is code that was developed in > the USA. Was it exported in violation of ITAR, or does it have > some other status that allows for general export? Because it's only 56-bit DES I believe there's no problem with export from the US. Cheers Tristan +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Tristan Richardson Email: tjr@orl.co.uk | | ORL Tel: +44 1223 343000 | | 24a Trumpington Street Fax: +44 1223 313542 | | Cambridge, CB2 1QA, UK WWW: http://www.orl.co.uk/ | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ORL - The Olivetti & Oracle Research Laboratory | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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