Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 13:48:01 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: "Joseph T. Lee" <nugundam@nerv.nu> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Victor Salaman <salaman@teknos.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: openssl in -current Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003041346470.67408-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20000304121426.A25806@greenwood3.nerv.nu>
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On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Joseph T. Lee wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 01:28:34AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> > One thing to keep in mind is that on Sept 8, 2000 the patent for RSA
> > expires and this whole mess goes away. Or at least devolves into the
> > usual crypto export mess rather than the crypto export plus rsa patent
> > law plus rsaref license jumping.
>
> So, to double-check here.. it would be illegal to build an openssl based
> mod_ssl-in-Apache or ApacheSSL Apache to use as the ssl-enabled webserver
> for an E-commerce company?
Only if you use RSAREF. Both can be used without it - you just can't use
SSLv2.
Kris
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