[4337] in Kerberos
Re: Kerberos Users' Frequently Asked Questions 1.11
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derrick J. Brashear)
Wed Dec 14 07:54:08 1994
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 05:34:33 -0500
From: "Derrick J. Brashear" <db74+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Excerpts from netnews.comp.protocols.kerberos: 12-Dec-94 Kerberos Users'
Frequently .. by Barry Jaspan@cam.ov.com
>As for the exportability of full strength Kerberos in source code,
>nobody has apparently applied for this. (Please let us know if
>you know of a case.)
>
>I believe that the best bet for threading the export maze is to define
>and defend Kerberos as an authentication product, to get it past the
>State Department, and then to show that it is publicly available, to
>get it past the Commerce Department. To do this, you actually have to
>be trying to export a publicly available version of Kerberos, though.
So, what sort of costs are involved in filing this stuff? I'd certainly
be willing to donate some of my own time (and money, if I ever have any)
to help toward this end.
Also, I'm not a lawyer, but as I understand it, source for crypto
software can be exported in printed form. Specifically, I understand
that DES has been exported in a book and the State Department didn't
care. Assuming I can find some cheap way to verify that it is legal,
anyone want to "buy" a book on Kerberos 5, which coincidentally includes
all of the source? By "buy" I mean, you pay costs or printing and
postage:-)
-D
