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From: donn@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Donn Terry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: crypt BS?
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Date: 1 Aug 90 15:48:31 GMT
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Bob is absolutely correct: crypt is a munition according to the gummnt.
(The rules are made by the same guys who would rather the US didn't export
buttons, because the <enemy du jour> soldiers would be less effective if
they had to use one hand to hold up their pants.  (I didn't make that
one up; it came from the folks actually talking to NSA and D of Commerce!)).
(That software is easier to replicate than buttons didn't faze them.)

We go thru this same issue about every six months because it clearly
doesn't make any sense, but those are the rules.  (We also check up on
it when we hear rumors that the rules might have changed; to our knowledge
those all have been unsubstantiated rumors.)

AT&T follows (last I was aware) the same rules with their source
products, but they do have separate domestic and international products;
when you order the domestic you get a useful version of crypt source.
(I don't know what their object products do.)

Also, as Bob says, you can get it from your local HP support folks; if they
say "Huh?", have them contact SE support.

Donn Terry
HP Ft. Collins