Hi :)
>>> It does seem MAD that the US govt. will restrict you from exporting
>>> crypto that is freely available outside the US. Obviously they think
>>> that a terrorist or drug lord is too dumb to go to www.pgpi.com to get
>>> the same program they aren't allowed to get from www.pgp.com!
>> The people making those descisions mostly don't even know what
>> encryption means. They only know it is something dangerous and probably
>> criminal that could take away their power over people.
> All too true...
Sadly. There should be more technical people in politics.
(Why do I feel like I just said an oxymoron?)
>> So, what about IMporting crypto? I mean, the kernel isn't actually
>> _produced_ in the USA, is it? Or where do the official releases come
>> from, geographically?
> Since Linus works in the USA (memory says for Transmeta in California),
> and he's the one making the official releases, I'd presume that's where
> the official releases come from...
Hm. That is a problem, yes.
Well, we still have kerneli.org :) only to make the major distributions
include it in their international versions, then crypto will become a lot
more popular (I suppose)...
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