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Date:	Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:23:29 +0200
From:	Fred Backman <fredrick DOT backman AT pmail DOT net>
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Crypt()
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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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