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Date:      Mon, 11 Oct 1999 23:10:42 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        tom brown <tmcb1971@yahoo.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is it just me or is the ssh port broken for Release 3.3? 
Message-ID:  <2588.939708642@localhost>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Oct 1999 20:55:16 PDT." <19991012035516.7083.rocketmail@web109.yahoomail.com> 

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> So as I have done many times before I go to the ports
> collection and try to make ssh.
> 
> As always it takes an eternity to download from
> finland.

It always works for me, so it's probably premature to start suspecting
the involvement of black helicopters and such here.

> 1.  Why is such an importaint package as rasref20
> broken?(Is it to allow the NSA to trojan it?)

It's not broken.

> 2. Now the US govenment have dropped the export
> control law's, can we have these components ether on
> the CD-ROM or the the main website?

1. The US government has done no such thing.  Go read the press
   on this again and you'll find that you still need to *apply*
   for export privileges, something we've done but will only
   affect FreeBSD in any case and not rsaref.

2. rsaref isn't restricted due to export controls,
   it's restricted due to PATENT issues with RSA.  Until
   RSA's patent expires, Clinton's administration can relax
   export controls all they want and it won't affect rsaref
   one bit.

People need to do a bit more homework in informing themselves before
reaching for conspiracy theories.

- Jordan


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