[EMAIL PROTECTED]: | Until now, the Linux community has always ignored | the problem with the crypt() function; it is part | of the Linux library, both the source and binary | releases but _officially_ you are *not* allowed to | export this from the US!
Do we know this to be true? I'm not up to speed on this, but I thought I'd read that export was ok when used for authentication (as opposed to message encryption) -- which would seem to cover crypt() as used re /etc/passwd &tc. Personally, given that nobody has bugged Linux yet on this issue, that PRO-CODE seems to be doing well in Congress, and that the megacorps tend to dictate US policy in the end and seem pretty firmly supportive of legislation that lets them ship good crypto so they (e.g., Microsoft, Netscape...) can compete in overseas markets, I be inclined to ignore this until it blows over or someone official complains. But I'm not running the site in question :) Cynbe -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
