Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!sics.se!uplog.se!uplog.uppsala.telesoft.se!thomas From: thomas@uppsala.telesoft.se (Thomas Tornblom) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Unix software and USSR Message-ID: Date: 1 Oct 90 10:09:23 GMT References: <11394@alice.att.com> Sender: thomas@uplog.se (Thomas Tornblom) Organization: Telesoft Uppsala AB Lines: 30 In-Reply-To: dmr@alice.att.com's message of 27 Sep 90 05:56:12 GMT In article <11394@alice.att.com> dmr@alice.att.com (test) writes: 2) crypt(1) and the 'encrypt' entry point in crypt(3)--as opposed to the 'crypt' entry point used for passwords--were removed from overseas distribution. The distinction was fine. Approximately, the one-way character of the password mechanism did not fall within the protected area, whereas the ability of both crypt(1) and the general DES encode-decode to produce secret messages put them in the category of things that needed licences for export. Note that DES was not treated specially here-- crypt(1) is not DES, for example. (Though doubtless any mention of 'DES' served as a flag to the watchful.) Hi Dennis! crypt(1) has nothing to do with DES, it is a "one-rotor machine designed along the lines of the German Enigma". I don't think DES is or was subject to any export restrictions. At least in the man pages on our machines the only thing I could find that was restricted was crypt(1). Thomas -- Real life: Thomas Tornblom Email: thomas@uppsala.telesoft.se Snail mail: Telesoft Uppsala AB Phone: +46 18 189406 Box 1218 Fax: +46 18 132039 S - 751 42 Uppsala, Sweden