[520] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: Getting security tools into a mainstream distribution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Zimmerman)
Fri Dec 15 03:30:23 1995
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:39:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@netrail.net>
To: Thomas =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6nig?= <Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de>
cc: linux-security <linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199512130047.BAA02073@mvmap66.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de>
On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Thomas =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6nig?= wrote:
> What's the best way of getting cryptographic tools such as ssh or
> pgp by default into a mainstream Linux distribution, given US
> export law?
>From what I understand, it would be a bad idea.
> Are any major Linux distributions hosted outside the US? Could they
> be moved, for that reason? Other comments?
If you're asking if they could be moved into the US, I don't think that's
a solution. Including export-restricted materials would mean that it
would be illegal to distribute them to other parts of the world, no?
I'm not familiar with the origins of ssh...but if someone were to develop
such a product outside of the US, it could be freely distributed.
// Matt Zimmerman Chief of System Management NetRail, Inc.
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