Re: encrypting swap (was Re: TEST)

[Pollei <sjp@toolbuilders.com>]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Mr. Shannon Aldinger wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Mr. Shannon Aldinger wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> >
> > It does matter since the official kernel source patches come
> > from the US. Importing to US isn't a problem, exporting from is.
> > That is why kerneli.org is hosted outside the US.
www.kernel.org now also has the patches and they are planning on
intergrating them for 2.5 . The laws have changed.


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