Path: utzoo!lsuc!spectrix!yunexus!ists!mike
From: mike@ists (Mike Clarkson)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm 2.0 Gamma
Summary: PD crypt available
Keywords: where and how
Message-ID: <149@ists>
Date: 19 Jun 88 02:20:41 GMT
References: <1910@mhres.mh.nl> <242@pvab.UUCP> <4887@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science
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In article <4887@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, jrmacmillan@lily.waterloo.edu (John R. MacMillan) writes:
> In article <242@pvab.UUCP> robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson) writes:
> |No big idea, unless you've got UNIX sources. Elm 2.0 requires the crypt()
> |function, which is *not* distributed outside of the U.S.
> 
> Requires it?? Is this a deeply ingrained dependency or can I just
> #ifdef out the encrypted messages junk?
> 
> I would have thought the configuration stuff could detect the absence
> of crypt() and built Elm accordingly.

Only the DES versions of crypt are (perhaps) embargoed.
All machines have some encryption (for /etc/passwd at least).
If not, the PD crypt's are available in comp.sources.

I don't think we need to make it so that encrypted mail is uncrackable,
just unreadable.

Or as you suggest, just ifdef it.


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