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From: ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: crypt in European SCO Unix
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.025613.21542@robobar.co.uk>
Date: 14 Dec 90 02:56:13 GMT
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jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) writes:

> >Should the European version of SCO Unix contain crypt(C) and/or crypt(S)?
> 
> It should include "some" form of crypt(), but not the DES form.  That
> technology cannot be exported from the US to Europe.  You should get
> the version that was posted from Australia if you want DES encryption.

Um, apparently we can have DES technology for authentication, but
not for keeping our CV's private from our boxes.  If you need
UNIX crypt(3) for passwd authentication, you can have a castrated
so-called "International" version of the crypt library from support
or by anon uucp.  This version leaves out the encryption stuff, but
leaves crypt(3) intact, as far as I can tell.

SCO don't ship encryption as standard -- their stock control can't
manage to keep the export orders separate, after all, they are a
computer technology compay :-) :-) :-)

You always need to ask for a support disc if you want crypt(1),
but you need to be in the USA to do this.

Yeah, John's right, get the comp.sources.unix stuff for encryption,
but get lng225b from SCO if you need crypt(3) to compile John's shadow
password stuff with :-)
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