From owner-freebsd-security Mon Sep 27 9:41:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E14415405 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:41:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA09294; Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:36:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:36:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199909271636.MAA09294@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca (Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group), dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon), freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump(8) Insecurity/Misconfiguration In-Reply-To: <199909271615.MAA92288@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> References: <199909271359.GAA53200@cwsys.cwsent.com> <199909271615.MAA92288@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org < said: > I'm no lawyer, but it seems like using SSH for helping with dumps > would fall well within this license since backing up files does not > really generate much revenue for us. > Is there something in the licese I've missed? You all have me nervous > now. You missed the part about: The RSA algorithm and even the concept of public key encryption are claimed to be patented in the United States. These patents may interfere with your right to use this software. The ``public key'' and Diffie-Hellman patents have now expired, but the RSA patent does not expire until next year. Therefore, RSAREF's is the license to which you must adhere. From a quick read-through of this, you may still be in the clear (but ask your lawyers first). You also should compile SSH with IDEA encryption disabled, as it is also patented. Disclaimer: although I work for the owner (assignee) of the RSA patent, I don't speak for them, particularly in this arena. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message