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Date:      Mon, 11 Jul 2016 20:07:54 +0200
From:      Andrei <az@azsupport.com>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GOST in OPENSSL_BASE
Message-ID:  <20160711200754.5abf2ae3@azsupport.com>
In-Reply-To: <ff8156f0-720f-6ff6-559e-836905492746@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 20:09:35 +0300
Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org> wrote:

> >> As far as I know, GOST is a standardized crypto algo in .ru, it's
> >> suggested (required?) by the government in .ru. So, if FreeBSD does
> >> not want to alienate the .ru userbase, GOST probably should be in
> >> base.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure how difficult that would be. =20
> > Care about russian terrorists government? About Putin? No, thanks! =20
>=20
> Unfortunately, it affects normal people and organizations here,
> including internet providers f.e. and not affects Putin or government
> in any way. Documents workflow require digital signatures by GOST.
=46rom 20 Jule of this year "organizers of information distribution on the In=
ternet"
in Russia must have ability to decrypt all traffic by "Yarovaya law".

"There's another important amendment aimed at =E2=80=9Corganizers of inform=
ation
distribution on the Internet=E2=80=9D: if an online service=E2=80=94a messe=
nger app, a social
network, an email client, or even just a website=E2=80=94encrypts its data,=
 its
owners will be required to help the Federal Security Service decipher any
message sent by its users. The fine for refusing to cooperate can be as high
as a million rubles (more than $15,000)."
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2016/06/24/russia-s-state-duma-just-approved-s=
ome-of-the-most-repressive-laws-in-post-soviet-history
http://www.ibtimes.com/russian-anti-terrorism-law-signed-amid-business-huma=
n-rights-outcry-how-big-brother-2389849

Maybe russian GOST made with options to decrypt.. Nice backdoor from FSB? ;=
)=20

> Wtf is this? This is an international community and this list is read
> across the world. There's no place for your political beliefs.
> Especially when expressed in such manner. Please keep it to yourself.
I will write what I want. I'm live in democratic country, not in Russia.



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