Re: unusual startup messages

Dan Merillat (Dan@merillat.org)
Fri, 1 Nov 1996 23:30:50 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Nathan Bryant wrote:

> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 14:27:03 -0500 (EST)
> From: Nathan Bryant <nathan@burgessinc.com>
> To: Oskar Pearson <oskar@is.co.za>
> Cc: Matthijs Corpeleijn <Corpeleijn@consul.nl>,
> linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: unusual startup messages
>
> On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Oskar Pearson wrote:
>
> Will the kernel be maintained outside the US? Or will crypto code be
> distributed as patches to the kernel? If the kernel is maintained from the
> US, how do we deal with the brain-damaged export restrictions?

40 bit crypto in the kernel, seperatly maintained patches for more bits.
Thanks to those who pointed that out, I had forgotten that 40 was the
legal limit (like 40 bit crypto isn't a joke...)

--Dan