Re: Intent to package: lynx-ssl, ftp-ssl, telnet-ssl
On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 06:27:42PM +0100, Christoph Martin wrote:
> > > There are ssl patches for lynx available and I'll try to build a
> > > debian package using the current debian lynx package.
> >
> > How about also releasing a version of SSLeay package that is linked
> > against the RSAREF library so the various SSL clients can be used in
> > the US without infringing the RSA patent?
>
> There is a problem with this.
>
> As it is not allowed to export RSAREF from the US, I have no chance to
> legally build a version of ssleay linked against RSAREF. Someone
> inside the US could do so, but then again he would not be allowed to
> put it on a public ftp-server, because it can not be exported.
We already have a RSAREF using pgp. There's also an rsaref package.
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