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From: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Subject: Unencumbered securedist for FreeBSD
Message-ID: <CntzHx.KLn@hippo.ru.ac.za>
Keywords: DES, encryption, freely available
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Reply-To: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 09:25:08 GMT
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I posted this up to this newsgroup yesterday evening, but
haven't actually seen the post appear, so here goes again:
I have made binaries and source of a freely distributable
set of the programs which make use of DES encryption for
FreeBSD. (Source is for libcrypt.) These programs are
not covered by any export restrictions, and can be freely
distributed outside the USA. (As far as I know, they can
imported into the USA, but not reexported.)
This distribution acts as a drop-in functional replacement
for the encumbered US securedist, and should be compatible
with it.
This implementation of libcrypt.a uses the crypt.c written
by David Burren (originally written for NetBSD, but a
functional equivalent of the origianl BSD encryption
routines). The source code is distributed under the normal
BSD copyright.
The binaries, and source are available on:
ftp::/braae.ru.ac.za/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-1.1-BETA/securedist/
I would like to encourage FreeBSD mirror sites outside the USA
to carry this securedist, and also encourage FreeBSD mirrors
in the USA to make their non-USA clients aware of the existance
of these files.
I'd like to thank St Andrew's College, Grahamstown (and Robin Lunn)
for the use of their FreeBSD 1.1BETA system, on which I built
the securedist binaries.
Geoff.
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