Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 15:31:16 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, The Tech-Admin Dude <geniusj@phoenix.unacom.com>, Brian Beaulieu <brian@capital-data.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Blowfish/Twofish Message-ID: <372B5684.30237E81@confusion.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990501150648.2670B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Really? As I understand the export bans, it's ok to export it on paper, then scan it in
somewhere else, so you can mail it to someone outside the US, they scan it, and the source tree
is synced. Maybe I'm wrong. Speaking of which, is there any good OCR (or scanning in general)
software for FreeBSD, I'm thinking of getting a scanner.
Robert Watson wrote:
> So I'd gladly write this code, as well as do a number of other
> crypto-related things, but I'm inside the US. Someone outside the US will
> have to take this initiative, I'm afraid.
>
> I'd recommend against using Blowfish--go for Twofish.
>
> On Sat, 1 May 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> > In message <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905010205230.69105-100000@phoenix.unacom.com>, The Tech-Admin Du
> > de writes:
> >
> > >This is something i've wanted to know for a long time :).. It should adopt
> > >the passwd.conf settings from OpenBSD with selection of encryption, ratio,
> > >etc.. OpenBSD has a very good feature with that and it would be great if
> > >FreeBSD adopted it! :-)
> >
> > Make patches
> > send-pr
> >
> > --
> > Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member
> > phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
> > FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!
> >
> >
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> >
>
> Robert N Watson
>
>
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Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate
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Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
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