On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 20:30, Bret Hughes wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 22:07, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> > On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 19:08, Matthew Melvin wrote:
> > > 
> > > Yes... distributing crypto in the kernel has some legal complications so 
> > > they just leave it out.  You can get the things you need from 
> > > www.kerneli.org though...
> > 
> > It's included in Psyche.
> 
> Does that mean the US Gov. has relaxed the cryptography is a munition
> thing?

Yes.  A long time ago.  IIRC, you're required to notify some office if
you're publishing cryptographic software, but that's about it.

> I never understood where the line was since RH started including openssh
> and probably others in 7.0.

I believe that was after the export controls were relaxed.

> IS there any where I can read up on the status of these export
> limitations should I be so inclined?  

http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/Default.htm
http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/PubAvailEncSourceCodeNofify.html




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