From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: crypt?
Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:52:36 -0500
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Alex Verstak wrote:
> 
> Is there any crypt port to DOS? I tried to compile enigma under DJGPP,
> but
> char * crypt(char *, char *);
> which should be in <unistd.h> is not there. And strange enough, I could
> not find pdcrypt sources on the net. :-( Did anyone implement crypt()
> for DJGPP?

There is a legal issue with use of crypt() in MSDOS programs, because of
Federal restrictions on exportation of strong encryption software.  I
think this is the reason why crypt() was left out of DJGPP v2.x.  This
question was asked before, and the response was to steal a copy of
crypt() from some other compiler.

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