Re: DES module in kernel?

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 05:31:31 -0800 (PST)


> What are the issues (legal?) of putting DES in the linux kernel?
>
> Allen

U.S. law forbids crypto exports, even if it is already widely
available. However, "the net interprets censorship as damage and
routes around it": the right thing to do is to *not* put DES in the
kernel, but to make sure than anything that can benefit from
"transparent data transformation" works with the patch at
www.kerneli.org.

-hpa

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