Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 21:46:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Edward Wolpert <wolpert@methodsystems.com> To: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgu.chel.su> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: enlight me about US laws, please ! Message-ID: <XFMail.000801214640.wolpert@methodsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008012126340.274-100000@jane.cgu.chel.su>
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On 01-Aug-00 Ilia Chipitsine wrote:
> as far as I understand, not any cryptographic tool (software including)
> may be exported from USA.
Sorta... actually, they have now (recently) made it so some tools can be
exported from the USA...
> that's why FreeBSD has two different versions of crypto code, right ?!
The original reason...
> on the other hand Open{BSD,SSH,SSL} has only one version, no ?
Because they are only distrubuted from outside the USA, like Canada, etc.
> may crypto stuff be _imported_ to the USA ???
> if so, why to have TWO version, not ONE ?!
Yes.
If FreeBSD was only distrubuted from outside the USA, then there would be one
version.
BUT... RSA is patented in the USA (until Sept 20) so USA versions of FreeBSD
that use the RSA algorythim (like OpenSSH and OpenSSL), regardless of if they
originated from the USA or not, require rsaref, where international (non-usa)
version can use non-rsaref libraries.
While we're on the topic.... FreeBSD folks: I've been using rsaref for years...
any ideas on the diffs between rsaref and the 'real' RSA libs? (Perhaps I should
know this one....)
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