Re: Encrypted filesystem under Linux.

Edward S. Marshall (emarshal@logic.net)
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 20:45:30 +0000 (GMT)

On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Neil Moore wrote:
> Due to US export laws, crypto in the kernel would force:
> A. The kernel to be maintained outside the US.
> B. All US mirrors to deny downloads to people outside the US.

That's where OpenBSD has an advantage; their distribution point is in
Canada, which nicely nullifies most export restrictions. US coders can
work on it (because of trade agreements), and the Canadian distribution
point can redistribute to the world because Canada doesn't have
ass-backwards crypto laws like the US.

They've got an explaination of how that works (legally speaking) on their
web site at http://www.openbsd.org/ .

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