Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:46:38 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: paul@freebsd.org Cc: mark@grondar.za, FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DES, crypt and eBones Message-ID: <199506201846.LAA02283@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199506201637.RAA05174@lambda> from "Paul Richards" at Jun 20, 95 05:36:18 pm
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> > In reply to Rodney W. Grimes who said > > > > > > It is still dangerous, as the State Department could start with us, find > > out how we brought it back in, go to you, and trace backwards to the > > source. Though we may have not exported it, we sure as heck where acting > > as a party to a known crime. > > > > I would rather just stay away from the Kerberos code... > > > > This is just passing the buck though (and is relevant for the crypt code > in general and not just kerberos). > > Either you (i.e. those in the US) import work that is based on a site > outside the US or we (i.e outside the US) grab the work that you do and > very clearly break the export laws. > > Basing the work at a site outside the US and importing it seems the > better of the two. I agree with Poul, we should move the non-exportable code > to a "safe" site and call it secure.freebsd.org. It can become an official > distribution site that everyone can import from. > > The arguments I've heard against this are self-centered i.e. I'm not > working on the code if it's not conveniently sited at freefall, well > tough, we (outside the US) have to put up with this why should the US > contributers suffer *very little* when making infrequent contributions > to the secure code. Mark's doing most of the work and this would be > perfectly legal in any interpretation, site the stuff on his machine. > No more problems. Give me a site stable enough that could be used and I we can talk it up in -core. But from past record we are not doing to good here. We have had 3 folks from outside the USA start down this road, and we are hoping that that Mark can stay with it for the long haul, but without a site as devoted to FreeBSD as freefall by corporate dollar I don't see us moving the bits any place. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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