Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2490] RPM build

[Dave Ahn <ahn@vec.wfubmc.edu>]

On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 09:20:44PM +0200, Kurt Siegl wrote:
> 
> All crypto stuff and other importaint Netrek things are placed in the
> contrib dir of the COW web server http://cow.netrek.org/contrib/

Yes, use the RSA 2.9 and above package.  Kurt and I synchronized the
Euro and U.S. RSA packages a while back, so the old res-rsa2.tar.Z will
no longer work.

> But using it inside US is a patent violation, as far as I know.
> Reexporting it back outside US is a Crypto law violation ;-)

Yes, on both accounts, unfortunately.

> >So, anyone want to write this up, who understands it and ask Tom to put it
> >into the FAQ?
> 
> Is there anyone who really understands that?

Actually, much of the information is already available in the README and
INSTALL files from the U.S. RSA package.

> >Q. What is the deal with US crypto laws and the RSA stuff in the Vanilla
> >Server?
> >
> >A. US crypto law sucks ....

I received a response from RSA Labs a couple of weeks ago about this.  I
seemed to have misplaced it, though.  Too much mail.

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