Re: Cryptography in the kernel (was: Re: Linux 2.5 / 2.6 TODO (preliminary))

From: Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 01:30:13 EST


Ed Carp writes:
> As for changing governments, when enough people in the US stood up and said
> "NO!" loud enough, we got results. Crypto exports with little restriction,
> no Clipper chip, we even got SA turned off on GPS! I wouldn't bet on the
> "fail miserably" side...

Remember China? Remember the masacre? It doesn't always work, and can
have disasterous consequences.

> I also wouldn't worry about getting a smaller Linux base - Linux is
> doing just fine, thank you...and it's even more wildly popular in
> Europe than it is in the US.

And China, until cryptography goes in.
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