Re: New non-us and main, and RSA

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

It don't think it was me who posted on this subject, but I'll forward
your message.

   Julian

> Hi,
> 
> I saw your message regarding the IDEA patent and openssl on Dejanews
> (linux.debian.policy).  I'd like to mention that with the upcoming
> release OpenSSL 0.9.3 it is possible to disable selected ciphers at
> configuration time, for example with
> ./config no-idea; make depend; rm -Rf crypto/idea
> you can create a copy of OpenSSL that does not use IDEA.  The same
> applies to RC5 (it is also possible with RSA, but that makes the
> library close to useless).
> 
> Feel free to forward this message if you think it is useful.
> 
>  Ulf

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  Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
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