From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 27 14:37:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10949 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:37:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles310.castles.com [208.214.167.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10937 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:37:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA05282; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:34:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812272234.OAA05282@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, shin@nd.net.fujitsu.co.jp (=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCMGY+ZU5JPy4bKEI=?=), Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino , Eivind Eklund Subject: Re: IPv6 - when? which? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 06:32:37 PST." <7893.914769157@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:34:57 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > http://www.wassenaar.org - limits export of crypto bigger than 56/64 bits in > > about 33 EU countries and some others (US-like export limitations). > > I'm well aware of this, but we can only hit one nail at a time. I > would expect foreign mirrors who have been "Wassenaared" to simply > exclude this portion of the mirror, just as I'm assuming they do for > the "des" subdirectory right now. We can't emasculate security for > everyone on account of this, that would be far worse. The agreement specifically excludes software "in the public domain", where "in the public domain" is defined in such a fashion as to almost certainly let us through. Also, the Wassenaar agreement is a unified statement of intent, not a legal instrument itself; the signatory nations agree to eventually enact legislation which at least meets its criteria, but you can't be busted under the agreement itself. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message