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Date:      Mon, 6 Dec 1999 10:20:00 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Brian Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   cvs commit: ports/security/openssh Makefile
Message-ID:  <199912061520.KAA31796@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199912060449.UAA57257@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <199912060449.UAA57257@freefall.freebsd.org>

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<<On Sun, 5 Dec 1999 20:49:23 -0800 (PST), Brian Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> said:

>   1. It's not crypto.

It's ``crypto-with-a-hole'', which the BXA considers equivalent.

>   	b. Linking with crypto does not constitute cryptography.

It does according to the BXA.

>   3. Even if it were crypto, the description of the entire protocol, etc.,
>      is in the public domain.  The RFC is PD in the USA, and the white paper
>      in Europe.

Irrelevant.

>   4. Precedence?  Even if it were crypto, the Bernstein case has set
>      precedence for allowing export of that.  But it's not even crypto.

The Bernstein case is by no means a settled matter of law.  See
eff.org for the current status.

-GAWollman

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