Re: Antw: Re: CIPE - Encrypted IP Encapsulation
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
9 Aug 1998 04:00:56 GMT
Followup to: <19980808222006.28552@lucifer.guardian.no>
By author: Alexander Kjeldaas <astor@guardian.no>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> So be it ;-). No actually this isn't a problem. Crypto can be an
> add-on, but it should be clear that the only reason the vanilla kernel
> isn't distributed with crypto is that it would create problems for
> US-developers and distributors. Today, the US regulations have far
> too much influence on what we do with the kernel - they directly
> affect the use of crypto in the rest of the world. Not because we
> don't have it, but because they limit the "free flow" of code. As I
> said in an earlier posting in this thread, my take on this is to
> create an international kernel patch which would include these things
> that we want to have in the kernel, but US law stops. This has a lot
> to do with policy. When people ask about crypto in the kernel, we
> shouldn't answer "we don't have it because of US crypto laws". We
> should answer "we have it, but you have to go to ftp.kerneli.org
> instead of ftp.kernel.org".
>
Hey, if someone from outside the U.S. wants a freedom.kernel.org or
similar, just holler :)
-hpa
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