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- From: jch+@cs.cmu.edu (Jonathan Hardwick)
- Subject: Re: THERE IS NO NEED FOR CRYPT OF RSA CLIENTS!!!!!!!!!
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:23:24 GMT
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- polk@Metaphor.COM (Ben Polk) writes
- > The US crypt export restrictions DO NOT apply to use of methods like
- > RSA for validation purposes. The restrictions ONLY apply for uses where
- > the user can encrypt arbitrary data.
- >
- > This means the client executables can be freely distributed outside the
- > USA, as long as the only use of RSA is validating access to servers.
-
- Coolness. I assume this also mean I can tell my evil American twin
- Skippy to get the hell off my workstation and let me play with that
- RSA executable instead?
-
- > Get rid of the encryption of the RSA client executables!
-
- Awwww. Now the Brummies won't have anything to whine about... :-)
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- Spaceman Spiff
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