Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpfcso!rjn From: rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: crypt BS? Message-ID: <7370184@hpfcso.HP.COM> Date: 1 Aug 90 04:40:18 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA Lines: 41 re: > "This command is not available."? > "The decryption facilities provided by this software are under control of > the United States Government and cannot be exported without special > licenses. These capabilities are only available by special arrangement > through HP." > What kind of chowder-headed BS is this? Official U.S. Goverment-required chowder-headed BS. > It's not like the commies couldn't have gotten it 57 zillion times... True, and they probably have that many round of small arms ammo, but both "crypt" and the ammo are classified as "munitions" (I kid you not), and we can't export them without a special license. Since we decided not to have an "export" version of HP-UX, nobody gets "crypt" in the product. Sorry. If you are a genuine loyal Amuricun, contact your Hewlett-Packard SE, SR or CE. They can obtain crypt for you through official channels. > (And still can from a "standard" Unix implementation, read SunOS) If SUN is routinely shipping crypt in export versions of SunOS, they are skating on thin ice. Many years ago, we debated long and hard about this within HP, and decided to err on the side of caution. > Let alone the fact that there are DES algorithms (and *code*) floating > around ?! By restricting all implementations of algorithms more sophisticated than Cap'n Midnight decoder rings, our ever-vigilant NSA presumably keeps everyone guessing about which schemes are worth using. Regards, Hewlett-Packard Bob Niland Internet: rjn@hpfcrjn.FC.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road UUCP: [hplabs|hpfcse]!hpfcrjn!rjn Ft Collins CO 80525-9599