Re: wish list

[Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org>]

On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Crispin Cowan wrote:
> Bay Ghandhi wrote:
> 
> > Problem with "strong crypto" is screwy US laws mean no exports of it from
> > the US,
> 
> That is definitely a problem.

Not really. At least one of the distributions is hosted
in the Netherlands, besides, it's not forbidden to export
strong crypto in source form...

> > but I presume this distro is going to originate elsewhere?
> 
> That is a non-sequetor.  There is no "this distro"; "securedistro" is
> for sharing information among several "secure Linux" projects which
> have, for a variety of reasons, chosen not to merge.  Some are
> US-based, some are not.

I think we can put all strong crypto packages on a non-US
site. Working together is not just in general design plans
and technical stuff -- we can also use it to get around
stupid legislation :)

cheers,

Rik -- Open Source: you deserve to be in control of your data.
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