Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Sep 1999 00:39:43 +0200 | From | Jens Benecke <> | Subject | Re: Re: RE: idea: MAC level compression & crypto |
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On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 12:52:47AM +0100, Riley Williams wrote: > Hi Jens.
Hi :)
>>> It does seem MAD that the US govt. will restrict you from exporting >>> crypto that is freely available outside the US. Obviously they think >>> that a terrorist or drug lord is too dumb to go to www.pgpi.com to get >>> the same program they aren't allowed to get from www.pgp.com! >> The people making those descisions mostly don't even know what >> encryption means. They only know it is something dangerous and probably >> criminal that could take away their power over people. > All too true...
Sadly. There should be more technical people in politics.
(Why do I feel like I just said an oxymoron?)
>> So, what about IMporting crypto? I mean, the kernel isn't actually >> _produced_ in the USA, is it? Or where do the official releases come >> from, geographically? > Since Linus works in the USA (memory says for Transmeta in California), > and he's the one making the official releases, I'd presume that's where > the official releases come from...
Hm. That is a problem, yes.
Well, we still have kerneli.org :) only to make the major distributions include it in their international versions, then crypto will become a lot more popular (I suppose)...
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