Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:02:49 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com> To: "Andrew Novikov" <bm@access.sanet.ge> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: OT: US encryption regulations and FreeBSD crypto programs Message-ID: <024501bf9a0d$93f93b60$0200000a@danco>
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>Software should be free, isn't it ? Including encryption software ? Ha ? No. Encyption software should not be free. The United States government is doing it's best to protect its citizens from all you foreigners out there who might want to attack us with strong encryption. Luckily, no one outside the U.S. knows how to build encryption software. Er, oops. Well, I'm sure the Government boys thought the export ban was a good idea at the time... :-) (As an apology to the rest of the world: I'm afraid we Americans have let our Government get way too far out of control. We have our work cut out for us to try rein it in...) --Dan -- Dan O'Connor On Matters of Most Grave Concern http://www.mostgraveconcern.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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