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Article #4320Re: Sources for compatable crypt for XENIX
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 1990 22:10
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 1990 22:10
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In article <758@cluster.cs.su.oz> jaa@cluster.cs.su.oz (James Ashton) writes: > This program is not available on software shipped outside the U.S. >This is because of government stupidity in the states - either it's illegal >or too bureaucratically nightmarish to export this stuff - technology >transfer & etc. Dennis once gave me a summary of the actual story behind this restriction. It seems that the Commerce Dept. was willing to allow export, but EACH system shipped would require its own authorization, i.e. no blanket permission. Naturally AT&T decided this would be impractical, so they simply omitted the software in question from international shipments.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Sources for compatable crypt for XENIX Keywords: crypt, XENIX Message-ID: <12335@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 12 Mar 90 22:10:59 GMT References: <26323@qfagus.OZ> <758@cluster.cs.su.oz> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Followup-To: sci.crypt Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 11