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From: charles@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Charles Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: UNIX-like crypt function
Message-ID: <5870013@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Aug 89 23:24:12 GMT
References: <1093@gara.une.oz>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
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>> 		[ asking for the source to crypt ]
>>> What happens if [crypt()] gets in the "wrong" hands through the network?
>>> In  <17369@ut-emx.UUCP> nghiem@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Alex Nghiem) writes:

>> 	The ruskies will then be able to decode all of our secret military
>> transmissions, bringing about the fall of democracy as we know it today and
>> subjecting the entire planet to the dominance of the evil empire.
>>	Roy Smith

> They've had it for years! I've got the source code in C form, written by
> Andrew S. Tanenbaum, & taken from his book `Computer Networks'. It's
> Unix crypt() compatible. It's used in his Minix Operating System, a
> V7 Unix-clone for PCs. Would anybody get upset if I post it?
> Is it legal? Is Andy's source copyright? Who has the answers?
> --
> Warren Toomey

Please do not post crypt.  Mail it.  The problem is that many sites in
the USA export notes outside the USA.  Each of those sites can get
into trouble with the US Government.  It does not matter that the
crypt source originated outside the USA.  It is very stupid.
Everybody knows that our government is being stupid about this.  There
is nothing we can do about that except get innocent sites into
trouble.  The most likely result of that would be for those sites to
stop forwarding mail and notes, and we don't want that.
--
	Charles Brown	charles@cv.hp.com or charles%hpcvca@hplabs.hp.com
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