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Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2764] www.netrek.org down for Y2K upgrades
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- Subject: Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2764] www.netrek.org down for Y2K upgrades
- From: Tom Holub <doosh@best.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:21:17 -0800
- In-Reply-To: <20000104151159.K12898@cecum.vec.wfubmc.edu>; from ahn@vec.wfubmc.edu on Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 03:11:59PM -0500
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 03:11:59PM -0500, Dave Ahn wrote:
>
> > Unless it will be more transparent than the current system, it's a waste
> > of time; the current system is already too cumbersome for server gods to
> > implement (which is why it's implemented on only one active server).
>
> Once the package has been decrypted and untarred, configuration is automatic.
> If we want to simplify the decrypt process, I'm willing to switch over to
> one of those web based export-control packages. Would this make things
> easier?
If that means that we can then do ./configure --with-rsa, yes, that
would be great. If server gods have to separately download and
decrypt a non-essential package if they want to use it, most of them
won't.
-Tom