Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc01!hp-ptp!mlight From: mlight@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Mike Light) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: crypt BS? Message-ID: <1320041@hp-ptp.HP.COM> Date: 31 Jul 90 20:47:36 GMT References: Organization: HP Pacific Technology Park - Sunnyvale, Ca. Lines: 42 >So why does running the crypt command produce the following message: >"This command is not available."? Technically speaking, because it uses puts(3C) to do so. :-) >Yes, I read the FM, and it lamely proclaims: >"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." HP is a multi-national company, and has taken a conservative step to insure that HP company cannot be accused of espionage by our dear U.S. government. By requiring all customers to apply for crypt(), HP can attempt to show its good faith in "protecting U.S. intellectual property". >What kind of chowder-headed BS is this? It is the "natural evolution" produced by U.S. government laws. >It's not like the >commies couldn't have gotten it 57 zillion time in the past. >(And still can from a "standard" Unix implementation, read SunOS) Perhaps Sun does not try to handle international markets directly? (beats me - I haven't looked at their marketing department). >Is this only happening to me because I work at Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope >Corp (a non-profit US company, with a foreign sounding name)? Nope - it's S.O.P. for all of our customers. >snarl, (but not at you ;-) >steve No problem. Chances are, your friendly S.E. can probably deliver a crypt() for you. "No charge" I hope. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Light HP Industrial Applications Center - mlight@hpiala9.HP.COM -----------------------------------------------------------------------