From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jun 19 12:03:44 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id MAA04445 for current-outgoing; Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:03:44 -0700 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA04439 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:03:43 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.3.6) id AA09143; Mon, 19 Jun 1995 15:02:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 15:02:18 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9506191902.AA09143@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mark Murray Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Crypto code - an architectural proposal. In-Reply-To: <199506191848.UAA29837@grumble.grondar.za> References: <199506191848.UAA29837@grumble.grondar.za> Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > only entry point was crypt, so that puts it in the same class as our > current libdescrypt. Why was/is this a problem? Is it just a lack of > clarity in the laws? The US State Department wants to spread as much Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt about software exportability as possible, in the hope that it will discourage people from attempting to export even legal software (or software for which a license can be easily obtained, the category I believe libdescrypt.so to fall into). They and the NSA have their own unstated mission to outlaw private encryption entirely, in which the current administration is all too eager to help. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant