Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:34:57 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, shin@nd.net.fujitsu.co.jp (=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCMGY+ZU5JPy4bKEI=?=), Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>, Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Subject: Re: IPv6 - when? which? Message-ID: <199812272234.OAA05282@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 06:32:37 PST." <7893.914769157@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> > http://www.wassenaar.org - limits export of crypto bigger than 56/64 bits in > > about 33 EU countries and some others (US-like export limitations). > > I'm well aware of this, but we can only hit one nail at a time. I > would expect foreign mirrors who have been "Wassenaared" to simply > exclude this portion of the mirror, just as I'm assuming they do for > the "des" subdirectory right now. We can't emasculate security for > everyone on account of this, that would be far worse. The agreement specifically excludes software "in the public domain", where "in the public domain" is defined in such a fashion as to almost certainly let us through. Also, the Wassenaar agreement is a unified statement of intent, not a legal instrument itself; the signatory nations agree to eventually enact legislation which at least meets its criteria, but you can't be busted under the agreement itself. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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