A few notes on the OpenSolaris release

A few notes on the OpenSolaris release

Posted Jun 18, 2005 1:32 UTC (Sat) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943)
In reply to: A few notes on the OpenSolaris release by uwaucs
Parent article: A few notes on the OpenSolaris release

uwaucs wrote:

http://blogs.sun.com/nico/20050610 SSH wasn't included in the relase because it was forgotten about until too late. There are also issues with crypto code due to US export regulations (linked from above)

I mean no criticism of Sun Microsystems in saying this: (It's better to be more cautious about BXA regulations than less.) There really aren't issues with US export regulations and OpenSSH, and haven't been since October 2000, thanks mostly to Daniel J. Bernstein's litigation and some good pressure on the administrative law front from Red Hat, Inc.

For more on that matter, please see "Crypto Export" on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Licensing_and_Law.

Rick Moen
rick@linuxmafia.com

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