Subject: Re: why secure rpc is not included in lib/libc/rpc ?
To: Zdenek Salvet <salvet@nyx.dcs.muni.cz>
From: J.T. Conklin <jconklin@netcom.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/07/1994 11:38:06
> Why secure rpc is not inluded in NetBSD sources ?
> If I understand src/lib/libc/rpc/README correctly, the only thing needed
> is DES implementation - working libcrypt should do.
> I think most users even outside USA already have/can get unencumbered libcrypt.(
> e.g. FreeSec from ftp.cs.rmit.edu.au)

I believe one of the reasons is because Sun uses a different API for
the DES routines, and no one has bothered to update the code for
NetBSD.

	--jtc