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From: harrison@utfyzx.uucp (David Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: UNIX-like crypt function
Keywords: crypt unix ibm-pc
Message-ID: <1989Aug25.054203.22671@utfyzx.uucp>
Date: 25 Aug 89 09:42:03 GMT
References: <855@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl> <2152@netcom.UUCP> <17369@ut-emx.UUCP> <3947@phri.UUCP> <1093@gara.une.oz>
Reply-To: harrison@utfyzx.UUCP (David Harrison)
Organization: Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Toronto
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In  <17369@ut-emx.UUCP> nghiem@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Alex Nghiem) writes:
> What happens if [crypt()] gets in the "wrong" hands through the network?

Crypt(1) has been in my (wrong) hands for a long time, and despite our 
current Prime Minister's best efforts Canada is still not part of the U.S.
Everybody with licenced UNIX source which goes back before the restriction 
was imposed has it; that includes a lot of people.

It is amusing to consider taking the source for crypt.c (all 134 
lines of it) down to the Soviet Consulate and see what I could get 
for it: maybe a bag of seed corn, or a fried egg, or ...
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Dept. of Physics, Univ of Toronto         |  the universe." -- Einstein
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