Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:7959 comp.unix.wizards:18563 comp.lang.c:22601 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!unido!imuse!ed From: ed@imuse.uucp (Ed Braaten) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.wizards,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: UNIX-like crypt function/crypt() outside USA Summary: crypt() outside the U.S.A! Now what? Keywords: crypt unix NSA export Message-ID: <750@imuse.uucp> Date: 8 Oct 89 21:07:23 GMT References: <855@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl> <2152@netcom.UUCP> <17369@ut-emx.UUCP> <164@spam.ua.oz> Organization: Intel GmbH, Munich, West Germany Lines: 30 In article <17369@ut-emx.UUCP> nghiem@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Alex Nghiem) writes: >Didn't I read somewhere that Unix encryption was restricted to >U.S.A. and not for export? What happens if the function gets >in the "wrong" hands through the network? Funny thing! The SCO Xenix machine I play on at home has the crypt() facility on it, and I live in Dachau, (West) Germany. How did it get here? I bought my Xenix in the US while back home on vacation, installed it on my portable, and then lugged the portable back with me here to Germany... In article <164@spam.ua.oz>, wvenable@spam.ua.oz (Bill Venables) writes: > Let me confirm (although noone seems to doubt it) that the crypt() facility > is not available on UNIX machines in Australia, and I must say I find this > circumstance, although petty, a rather gratuitous insult from Uncle Sam. I share your sentiments. I think Uncle Sam is over-doing himself here. Now for a question to my fellow Americans on the net: What should I do with my (???illegally???) exported crypt() routines? Is my computer a threat to National Security? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Braaten | "Love the Lord your God with all your Intel Semiconductor GmbH | heart and with all your soul and with Dornacher Strasse 1 | all your strength." Deuteronomy 6:5 8016 Feldkirchen bei Muenchen | West Germany | uucp: ed@imuse.uucp Ph: +49 89 90992-426 -------------------------------------------------------------------------