On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 07:13 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan > <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 21:30 -0700, JD wrote: > >> Gov has made it illegal to publish such algorithms, at least > >> in the USA. > > > > Evidence? > > > Not so. DES, 3DES and AES are all PUBLISHED alogrithms and are used > by the DoD/NSA (CISSP training from (ISC)2 as source.) PGP using IDEA > is a published alogrithm. There are NO bans against publishing them, > just distributing them to "controlled countries" by US law. > Fedora/RedHat have had to take the position that they will supply the > packages to only those who do not export to controlled countries or > banned individuals. Actually the previous poster seemed to be saying that it is currently illegal to publish algorithms to *decrypt* WPA and friends. That's what I was asking for evidence for. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
