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mrr@scss3.cl.msu.edu (Mark Riordan) writes:

> A copy of RIPEM 1.0.3 source code, with all cryptographic code
> removed, is now available via anonymous FTP from ripem.msu.edu.
> I am now reasonably certain that this code is exportable, so
> non-USA users can now get it.  Without RSAREF, RIPEM is just
> a big mail header parser/DER-encoder/command-line parser/etc.

Great, so now I guess those users outside the USA who would like to
use RIPEM could try to rewrite the missing stuff... As a beginning, it
should be relatively easy to adapt one of the public domain DES
packages. And equivalent of RSAREF could probably be written using the
parts of PGP.

> Note that the code will not compile and link, and it certainly
> won't run, due to the lack of RSAREF and RSAREF's header files.

Ah, yes, indeed, this is a problem. Those header files actually
contain the interface to the RSAREF routines... Maybe RSA should be
asked to publish at least them freely? The interface alone does not do
any encryption, so there shouldn't be any problems exporting it...

Regards,
Vesselin
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