On Saturday 07 September 2002 17:01, Harmon Seaver wrote: > It would seem that the best places to publish the kernel itself > and all crypto would be countries such as Germany and Japan who are > pro-free crypto. <-- snip --> > I don't understand why the linux community releases kernels in the > US, release them elsewhere and let the US mirror them. Besides, there > are *no* regulations on import of crypto to the US, only export, so > the solution would seem obvious. I completly agree with you. However, what good is the export regulations if the only thing that stopping me from dowloading the source code of, lets say, the Rijndael (AES) algorithm is a notice stating that i'm not allowed to download the code if i live in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc? what role does kerneli.org play in this? (is it still alive? i couldnt reach it). /Thomas -- thomas@northernsecurity.net | www.northernsecurity.net thomas@se.linux.org | www.se.linux.org - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
