From owner-freebsd-security Fri Nov 15 01:18:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA29045 for security-outgoing; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 01:18:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [128.120.56.38]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA29038 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 01:18:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by relay.nuxi.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id BAA04190; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 01:18:38 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199611150918.BAA04190@relay.nuxi.com> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 01:18:38 -0800 From: obrien@NUXI.com (David E. O'Brien) To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Secure RPC revisited References: <5l7mnpaxma.fsf@assaris.sics.se> <26411.847964643@verdi.nethelp.no> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.48.1-PL0 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 In-Reply-To: <26411.847964643@verdi.nethelp.no>; from sthaug@nethelp.no on Nov 14, 1996 10:44:03 +0100 Sender: owner-security@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk sthaug@nethelp.no writes: > > Yes. Bruce Schneier's book "Applied Cryptography" contains source code > for a lot of different crypto algorithms. The book can be (and indeed > is) freely exported from the US. The *diskette* containing the source > code can *not* be exported It is because of this crap, that Phillip Zimmerman, published a book that is nothing more than code listings of PGP in scanner-friendly OCR font. See, books are protected under the 1st admendment (right to free speach) to the US Consitition. Also, being a book, it is well understood that it can't be censored. -- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)