[3359] in Kerberos
RE: Kerberos-5 worldwide -- it's possible
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bede@scotty.mitre.org)
Wed Jun 1 19:53:23 1994
Posted-From: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 19:38:29 -0400
From: bede@scotty.mitre.org
To: gnu@cygnus.com (John Gilmore)
Cc: kerberos@MIT.EDU, network-security@cygnus.com, tony@sodalia.it,
ccslsn@midge.bath.ac.uk
In-Reply-To: John Gilmore's message of Wed, 01 Jun 1994 13:30:54 -0700 <199406012030.NAA04217@cygnus.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 13:30:54 -0700
From: John Gilmore <gnu@cygnus.com>
[ . . . ] we've done the paperwork
already for exporting a stripped Kerberos 4 (see
http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/export.html for a full copy).
[ . . . ]
I really hope your initiative to produce Kerberos V5 "bones" freeware
suitable for US export succeeds, John, but I must have missed something.
MIT's crypto-free "bones" V4 distribution has been available for
unrestricted export for several years. I've looked at the online
material you mention and I'm afraid I still don't clearly understand
what you and/or Cygnus actually accomplished that's new, although I
think your collection of information about exporting cryptographic
software from the US is informative.
There are no US export restrictions that I am aware of on non-crypto
software, provided there aren't any contractual, copyright or patent
violations entailed. This has been a fundamental assumption
underlying "freeware" and PD software distribution using the Internet
for years. Hence, your request for either US State or Commerce
Department permission to distribute V4 "bones" at this point, and the
implication that this is a required action, seems to just muddy the
waters.
Having said this, the impact of import/export laws (not just the US
laws) on crypto software is an important issue, although I don't think
a protracted discussion is completely appropriate for this particular
forum except with respect to possible or known effects on Kerberos
interoperability.
- Bede McCall <bede@mitre.org>
The MITRE Corporation
Bedford, Massachusetts
