Is it illegal to use the RSA reference implementation? I honestly thought that that was why 'ssh' packages had a US and an International version. Isn't it possible to make secure shell without using RSA? I'm not saying they did these things, or that their products are not illegal here, I am just asking the questions. Chris Schumann wrote: > > Hi all, > > Mike mentioned rolling out SSH and X client software for windows. Since > most commercial applications have their own installers, I'm curious > about the need for an installer at all, unless it's to install multiple > packages at one go. > > Also, I did some hard looking at SSH clients and found only one that was > licensed by RSA, and the others either mentioned that they may not be > legal to use in the US, or seemed completely ignorant that they may be > publishing illegal software. (And yes, I know that key RSA patents > expire on September 1.) > > Mike and others, I'd appreciate any information you could provide on > your choice of SSH client and why you chose it/them. > > Many thanks, > Chris Schumann > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- Troy Johnson mailto:john1536 at tc.umn.edu http://umn.edu/~john1536/ ...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people against whom gun bans are aimed. Almost without exception, murderers are extreme aberrants with lifelong histories of crime, substance abuse, psychopathology, mental retardation and/or irrational violence against those around them, as well as other hazardous behavior, e.g., automobile and gun accidents." -- Don B. Kates, writing on statistical patterns in gun crime --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org