Subject: Re: US crypto laws and NetBSD
To: None <W.Scheffbuch@ieee.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-crypto
Date: 02/08/2000 22:12:51
	Would you have any more details on this and how it could affect
	NetBSD crypto code?

	Thanks

		David/absolute

On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Wolfgang Scheffbuch wrote:

> The core team's consensus decision on how NetBSD should react in
> light of the apparently changed crypto laws is as follows:
> 
> * Merge any salient code from crypto-us into crypto-intl, and maintain
>   one code base for crypto, in a repository which is off-shore from USA.
>   Deprecate crypto-us.
> 
> Please direct debate on crypto issues:	  <tech-crypto@netbsd.org>
> Questions regarding the Project's stance: <core@netbsd.org>
> 
> 
> 
> After legal revisions from december 1998, you should not only make
> sure that the repository resides outside of the US, but also outside
> of the states governed by the security decision of NATO and some
> other states.