On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 05:16:37AM +0000, Michael Blakeley wrote: > > Didn't the 2000-09 expiry of the RSA patents make that issue obsolete? > Perhaps woody will move openssh to the main distro? the existence of RSA's patent has nothing to do with the existence of non-us. the reason non-us exists is because the US has previously not allowed export of strong cryptography, thus placing ssh in US servers would have violated US law. (see the long arduous persecution of Phil Zimmerman several years back). > I'm sure Ethan knows all about the RSA patent expiration, but here's one > reference, in case anyone else is curious: > http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/09/08/rsa.html?page=2 i know, its irrelevant. US laws on export regulation have recently changed but its far from clear whether its really safe to export cryptography or not, Ben Collins is consulting with a lawyer to find out. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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