Re: encrypting swap (was Re: TEST)

[Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Mr. Shannon Aldinger wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, L. Besselink wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Fire Dragon wrote:
> > 
> > Those are at kerneli.org, but don't expect them to be added to the
> > mainstream kernels just yet. Apart from coding style and so on (which
> > could be a reason), Linus won't let it happen just yet, but eventually it
> > will, so just go help them and it will be in the mainstream kernels soon
> > enough.
>
> They also aren't getting included due to the US's munitions export
> laws. Yes, cryptography falls under the same rules as 50mm shells, and
> nukes. So don't expect the kerneli.org patches to get merged until after
> those rules go away. Since Linus is in the US, his code and the whole
> kernel falls under US export law, if he adds encryption.

Which doesn't really matter.

Linux distributors from outside of the US (SuSE, Conectiva,
TurboLinux (the asian branch), etc...) are very much allowed
to add strong encryption to their distribution and "even" sell
those CDs to the US...

If there is some demand by people for linux distributions
that include all these encrypted-storage goodies, I'm sure
one or more of the Linux distributors can be persuaded to
start shipping with them.

<shameless plug>
Conectiva already ships with Free/SWAN and some other (network)
security things. No encrypted storage drivers that I know off,
but if there's enough interest I may be able to persuade the
people here to include that too...
</shameless plug>

regards,

Rik
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       -- Miguel de Icaza, UKUUG 2000

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