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Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8)
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T.E.Dickey |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8) |
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Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:26:04 -0500 (EST) |
> On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Philip Webb wrote:
>
> > so shouldn't the Lynx development co-operative, as an international effort
> > working by consensus, find a way for the SSL hooks to be freely available
> > from some site outside the USA, if possible?
>
> Who prosecutes cases of munitions export? Is there actually a human I can
> ask if distributing lynx w/ssl is ok?
probably not - the system works by implying a threat to the distributors
and ftp sites (so that end is self-regulating). On the other end, you'll
rarely find someone who's both willing to spend the time on something like
Lynx (where no money is involved), and able to "make" the decision.
So - unless you got lucky and met the right person, or happened to fall into
some category that carries you along, it'll take a good bit of work to
point out the obvious (putting ifdef's in Lynx to make library calls to
SSLeay doesn't disclose any of the encryption algorithms).
--
Thomas E. Dickey
address@hidden
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
Re: LYNX-DEV SSL for Lynx 2.8, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/03/09
- Re: LYNX-DEV SSL for Lynx 2.8, T.E.Dickey, 1998/03/09
- LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8), Philip Webb, 1998/03/09
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8), Wayne Buttles, 1998/03/09
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8),
T.E.Dickey <=
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8), Mark H. Wood, 1998/03/10
- Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8), Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/03/10
Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8), Matt Ackeret, 1998/03/09
Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8), David Woolley, 1998/03/11
Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (hooks are munitions?), Al Gilman, 1998/03/10
Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx & US Govt (was SSL for Lynx 2.8), David Woolley, 1998/03/11
Re: LYNX-DEV SSL for Lynx 2.8, Personal, 1998/03/09
Re: LYNX-DEV SSL for Lynx 2.8, T.E.Dickey, 1998/03/11