From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 6 13:41:58 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7ACB16A4CE for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:41:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from VARK.MIT.EDU (VARK.MIT.EDU [18.95.3.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9C543D4C for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:41:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from das@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from VARK.MIT.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by VARK.MIT.EDU (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j36Dff5X068517; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:41:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from das@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from das@localhost) by VARK.MIT.EDU (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j36DfcuI068516; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:41:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from das@FreeBSD.ORG) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:41:38 -0400 From: David Schultz To: Anthony Downer Message-ID: <20050406134138.GA67155@VARK.MIT.EDU> Mail-Followup-To: Anthony Downer , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <444747A80F040044A3C2F4F1339C47EB044E07E8@LONSMSXM01.emea.ime.reuters.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <444747A80F040044A3C2F4F1339C47EB044E07E8@LONSMSXM01.emea.ime.reuters.com> cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US and EU Export control codes for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:41:58 -0000 On Wed, Apr 06, 2005, Anthony Downer wrote: > Folks, > > Does anyone know if there are such things available for FreeBSD 4.11 > Release as US ECCN, EU ECCN, CCATS export control codes? > > In order for us to legally export FreeBSD to our own sites we need to > ensure that we do not contravene export controls. > I am trying to confirm is the Wassennar agreement will allow us to > export at least to our own sites, but do not hold out *too* much hope. > > We are aware that at one point in time (FreeBSD 4.2) the following codes > existed: > FreeBSD version 4.2 > ECCN # 5D002.a > CCATS # G018802 > > However, we have been informed that newer versions of software cannot > re-use previous codes. > Anyone have any ideas? Note 3 and following in this document may be relevant to you: http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/txt/ccl5-pt2.txt (FYI, FreeBSD does support symmetric-key cryptography with a key length greater than 64 bits.) However, I am not an expert on export control, so I can't offer advice or make any guarantees about the applicability of the above.