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Article: 14280 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: C-Kermit AIX Binary with SSL
Date: 9 May 2003 15:14:00 -0400
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <bb491ed9.0305091052.295b8a63@posting.google.com>,
Craig Petty <cpetty1963@yahoo.com> wrote:
: Anyone know where I can get an AIX (4.3) binary build with SSL? I've
: downloaded several from columbia.edu, but none have SSL support
: compiled in.
:
USA law forbids us putting up binaries containing strong encryption
algorithms for public access.
: We don't have compilers on our AIX boxes and I wanted to check first
: for a built version before going down the path of building my own.
:
Personally I think that the whole concept of Unix without C is pretty
strange. Then again so is so is a law that allows us to publish
source code but not binaries.
It's a conundrum, isn't it? If I were you, I would mention it to IBM.
They could either include compilers with AIX, so users could build
Kermit and other software that is available in source-code only, or
they could get a license to include the secure version of Kermit
with AIX.
- Frank