Re: export problems on security updates?
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My understanding is that the law restricts U.S. citizens from
exporting certain types of cryptographic software. As a non-US
national, I believe you have a moral responsibility to thumb your
nose at US law.
What might concern you is Spanish law regarding the use/import of
cryptography.
In any case, security updates are usually bug-fixes, not "security
software", per se.
Chris Caldwell
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On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Alberto Cortés wrote:
> On http://security.debian.org/ it can be read:
>
> > You can use apt to easily get the latest security updates. This
> > requires a line such as
> >
> > deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main contrib non-free
>
> Since I am not living in the US, and some security updates deals with
> cryptographic software, I understand that it will be illegal for me
> downloading these updates from outside of the USA.
>
> In other words, is http://security.debian.org/ located outside the
> US?.
>
>
>
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