adding crypto support to GENERIC

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Nov 19 10:34:51 PST 2003


In message <20031119182458.GA4703 at freebie.xs4all.nl>, Wilko Bulte writes:

>> >What are the implications for individuals
>> >who live in countries that restrict access
>> >to crypto?
>> 
>> Are there any of those left ?
>
>France?

And just what is the nature of restriction ?

As far as I know there is no restriction on tools with which to
encrypt, that would be against several EU regulations.  The only
restrictions I'm aware of are restrictions on _use_ and rules
about key disclosure.

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