Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 12:44:55 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: geoff@ufrmsa1.olivetti.za, Wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu, gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: More crypto proposals. Message-ID: <9506271644.AA20239@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199506270944.LAA17659@grumble.grondar.za> References: <199506270944.LAA17659@grumble.grondar.za>
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<<On Tue, 27 Jun 1995 11:44:37 +0200, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> said: > In the (distant) past, the US folks have made their own crypto libraries, > and it has been up to _us_ to track _them_. If we are running a non-US > crypto site, and we are not subject to US law in this regard, how would > the US residents feel about us making the non-US code as _we_ > like it? I don't think this is a problem, with the caveat that if anything is to got out with the label ``FreeBSD'' on it, it should get the same sort of review as anything else that is a part of the system. > Bottom line, this could still be (as Rod and Garrett point out) put > into the ports distribution. I would prefer to not do this, as from > communications I have had with Eric Young, I believe that some form of > SSL will become ubiquitous - and after SSLeay gets posted, a floodgate > will open. Regardless, I would far rather see this particular business handled by the `ports' mechanism. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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