Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 17:34:56 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com> Cc: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NTPD in upcoming release? Message-ID: <20010811173456.A13933@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <25982.997507960@brown.pfcs.com>; from Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com on Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 01:32:40AM -0400 References: <20010810103058.A73263@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <25982.997507960@brown.pfcs.com>
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On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 01:32:40AM -0400, Harlan Stenn wrote: > > The new version of ntpd also uses OpenSSL for crypto stuff, so > > something has still to be figured out for people who can't use > > OpenSSL for some reason. > > No released version of NTP uses OpenSSL yet. It's coming (very) soon, but > not today. Ahh - sorry - I thought it was to be included in 4.1.0. > The SSL code is needed for the new crypto stuff, mainly used by non-unicast > operations. > > Please tell me more about these people who can't use OpenSSL for some > reason. Traditionally it has been possible to build FreeBSD without any crypto stuff. This was to accomodate the USA, France and any of the other countries which have restrictions on the import, export or use of encryption. I think Robert Oliver is going to sort out things so that FreeBSD's import of ntpd gets built with the right options according to the availability of OpenSSL. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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