Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 10:44:44 +0100 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Importing OpenSSL Message-ID: <95002.944300684@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 04 Dec 1999 00:41:52 -0800" References: <35638.944296912@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> > It looks like they distribute RSA to everyone, including the US mirrors, > > and it's not built by default unless you take explicit action to enable it > > (i.e. it just builds a subset of the full distribution). Last time I > > Hmm, according to their own press, there's some mechanism more clever > than that which automatically downloads the "appropriate" RSA code for > US vs non-US people. Theo de Raadt posted the following to BUGTRAQ a couple of days ago (extract). "OpenBSD ships with applications using public key cryptography. Because we are trying to make release CDROMs for the entire world, we cannot put RSA onto the CD (yeah, major bummer). Instead, we've made it so that the RSA patented code stays in a package containing some shared libraries, and our installation software installs this package from over the 'net. Each package contains two shared libraries: libcrypto and libssl; just like regular OpenSSL. People outside the USA can use these two libraries, found in the "ssl26" package. Non-commercial entities in the USA cannot -- because of the patent issue -- and for them we provide the "sslUSA26" package. Commercial entities in the USA must contact RSA for a licence, or wait till next September. The "sslUSA26" package is OpenSSL, like the other package, but we have removed the OpenSSL RSA code and replaced it with RSAREF2. This permits the non-commercial use of "sslUSA26" inside the USA. Commercial users who think they can use the RSA without a licence in the USA should see a lawyer and a therapist." Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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