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Re: [HACKERS] RE: [INTERFACES] Re: SSL patch

Hannu Krosing <hannu@trust.ee>

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From: Hannu Krosing <hannu@trust.ee>
To: Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>
Cc: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>, Michael.Ansley@intec.co.za, maillist@candle.pha.pa.us, tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us, scrappy@hub.org, mha@sollentuna.net, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1999-07-26T22:37:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Philip Warner wrote:
> 
> At 06:24 26/07/99 -0400, D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain wrote:
> >Thus spake Hannu Krosing
> >> Not to scare anyone away (I like crypto !;), but isn't it illegal to
> >> have SSL
> >> in an exportable product in US.
> >>
> >> I guess this should be kept in a separate patch distributed from an
> >> non-US site
> >> until US government wisens up.
> >
> >The PostgreSQL server is in Canada.  There may still be some issues but
> >last time I checked we weren't a US state yet.

Good to hear, I was afraid of them being more or less the same
crypto-wise.

> Even if there are problems, I believe it's OK to export PostgreSQL with
> options for SSL support, so long as you don't export SSL.

Let's hope so. In US that would be a 'crypto hook' and legally as bad as 
real crypto.

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Hannu