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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!129.115.10.31!naiad.utsa.edu!uthscsa.edu!nnrp1.crl.com!not-for-mail From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.1 on CDROM Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 00:11:29 -0700 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 14 Message-ID: <33659F21.31DFF4F5@FreeBSD.org> References: <5jgap9$eef$3@flint.sentex.net> <5jgl7e$i6g@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> <5jnntu$h93$1@was.hooked.net> <Pine.A32.3.91.970428080830.18807A-100000@pheebs.citytel.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386) To: "Keith W." <kwoody@citytel.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39956 Keith W. wrote: > But I think that the person may have been refering to the DES encryption > that is on the disk. It has to do with the US Govt. banning exports of > encryption software because they are somehow classed as a "weapon". Well, to be more accurate, as a "munition" (there's a subtle but important difference in law :). And not all of the legislative branch backs this, as the recent S.F. decision which allowed WC to export crypto would show. -- - Jordan Hubbard FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.