Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/09/27/06:09:16
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Fred Backman wrote:
>
> > But the problem is that crypt() is not included in djgpp, and I believe the
> > reason for this is that there are some silly legal issues involved which
> > basically makes it illegal to export the crypt() code outside the US.
>
> I'd rather think that DJGPP has no `crypt' because nobody wrote it.
Oh, that explains it :-)
> `crypt' uses DES encryption, and AFAIK DES is not restricted in the way
> you describe.
Eli, you'd be surprised how much bureaucracy is involved in encryption! I know
from my own experience that it used to be more or less impossible for a non-US
county to download DES-based software (including crypt) from a US host but still
fully legal to download it from a European host or, say, Mexico. Weird, but true!
Anyway, this has apparently changed (though I haven't read the fine print):
http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/faq/6-4-2.html
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