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Re: encrypting swap (was Re: TEST)



Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> wrote:
> 90% of the users seem to use the kernel image supplied by
> the distribution, not the official kernel source. That is
> why I don't think it matters a lot that crypto export from
> the US is so limited.

it is, because you have to make sure not to accept patches from US
residents, for example. as I learned from hugh daniels, the US freaks
sometimes consider it "export" when US citizen teach non-US citizen what
they know. so there's a lot of ways your work could get "tainted".


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