Dont think so.
Will only help Bill Gates to clear the French market.
christophe
>
> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 christophe.leroy5@capway.com wrote:
>
> > Beware that if you include DES with more than 40 bits,
> > French people wont be allowed any more to download nor use
> > Linux. It would be a pity (You cannot import nor use what crypto
> > you want)
> >
> > > Is anybody aware of the exact nature of the policy change? What about
> > > hooks for stronger crypto? If we're lucky, this means that the core
> > > of the international kernel patch including DES could be distributed
> > > together with the kernel. This could be a great step forward for the
> > > security of the Internet.
>
>
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