On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 08:17, Andrew Lunn wrote:
That said, I think a password (stored in 'fconfig') would be a
great addition.
I wondered about encrypting the passwd so its not plain text. But does
that get is into US export regulation problems? Is crypt(3) still
under restrictions? Can anybody suggest an alternative?
The restrictions on most simple algorithms (IIRC less than 56 bit
keys) have been lifted for a couple of years.
Alas it isn't as simple as that: there are different regulations depending
on the nature of the thing containing encryption and key length among
other things. In summary, you can be granted an export licence for freely
downloadable software fairly readily, but each submission requires a
submission to the US BXA. Any times the encryption code is modified a new
application is required. Who knows what happens with download mirror sites.