penneyj@slc.com (D. Jason Penney) (04/06/91)
I understand that Ultrix 4.0 and the new release of AIX for the IBM RS/6000 are going to support kerberos authentication protocols. Seeing as the export of DES outside of the US is restricted, and bones.tar.Z does not offer an alternative encryption strategy, a real question arises: exactly WHAT are these vendors doing for their non-USA customers? On a related issue, if I link kerberos (and DES) libraries into my executable, am I barred from shipping that executable outside of the US? Please reply by e-mail. If enough people show interest, I will post a summary. Thank you. -- D. Jason Penney Ph: (503) 629-8383 Beaverton, OR 97006 uucp: ...uunet!servio!penneyj (penneyj@slc.com) "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." -- Steve Martin
henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) (04/08/91)
> Date: 5 Apr 91 23:15:43 GMT > From: penneyj@slc.com (D. Jason Penney) > > Seeing as the export of DES outside of the US is restricted, and bones.tar.Z > does not offer an alternative encryption strategy, a real question arises: > exactly WHAT are these vendors doing for their non-USA customers? you've got to ask those vendors ... > On a related issue, if I link kerberos (and DES) libraries into my executable, > am I barred from shipping that executable outside of the US? ask your corporate counsel. relying on advice from the network for something like this is foolhardy at best. speaking for myself, -- henry --------
maj@cl.cam.ac.uk (Martyn Johnson) (04/08/91)
> Seeing as the export of DES outside of the US is restricted, and bones.tar.Z > does not offer an alternative encryption strategy, a real question arises: > exactly WHAT are these vendors doing for their non-USA customers? Ultrix 4.0 as delivered in the United Kingdom certainly has the Kerberos stuff in it. I presume that Digital obtained the necessary export license. Martyn Johnson maj@cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge Computer Lab