🚀 go-pugleaf

US restrictions are only on the exporting of encryption software. Much
of this software has therefor been developed out side of the US. If you
want full on 128 bit encryption you should look at criptozilla hacked in
Australia. As the law is US law owning this software outside of the US
is not something that the US government can legislate against.
Netscape is also open source software with a licence that complies to
the requirements of the free software foundation. It can therefor for be
hacked, cracked and otherwise back engineered. This is the whole point
of free software, cheesh have you guys been paying attention for the
last 2 years, see me after class:-)
Pete


George Durbridge wrote:
> 
> Jason,
> 
> I've not looked at Netscape licensing terms, but a) do they actually
> incorporate the US restrictions, or do those simply apply as a matter of
> US domestic law, wherever that runs, and b) isn't Netscape 4.5 open
> source ?
> 
> George
> 
> Jason Stokes (jstok@SPAMBLOCKED.apana.org.au) wrote:
> : In article <36CB2404.5BDC7866@ozemail.com.au>, Paul Taylor
> : <birder@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> 
> : >The beauty of Fortify is that is contains no encryption algorithms, so
> : >doesn't have the export restrictions of the 128-bit version (which you
> : >probably shouldn't have in France.  :)
> 
> : The law probably disagrees with you. According to the README file, it
> : contains the "information" on how to modify Netscape's internal
> : encryption algorithms to use 128 bit long keys, and gives Netscape this
> : functionality by performing a binary patch on the Netscape executable.
> : This is extremely legally iffy: in fact, it is, in my opinion, quite
> : clearly illegal: consider the following:
> 
> : US export controls on cryptographic software.
> 
> : Recently passed US laws banning reverse engineering of software.
> 
> : International copyright law which protects the license given to you
> : with Netscape which forbids you from modifying or reverse engineering
> : the software.
> 
> : --
> : Jason Stokes: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au
> :
> 
> --
> /* George Durbridge  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia */
> /* tel (03) 9280 3390            fax (03) 9280 3288 */