Re: adding crypto support to GENERIC

From: Robert Watson (rwatson_at_FreeBSD.ORG)
Date: 11/20/03

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To: Eric Masson <e-masson@kisoft-services.com>

    On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Eric Masson wrote:

    > >>>>> "Wilko" == Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> writes:
    >
    > >> Are there any of those left ?
    > Wilko> France ?
    >
    > Use of cryptographic devices seems to spread quickly these days in
    > France, Laws have been seriously softened in this area, but I don't know
    > for sure actual status.
    >
    > I'll check on a french security dedicated group.

    Regardless, would the prohibition be on possession of the drivers for
    crypto hardware, or on possession and/or use of the crypto hardware? (In
    the US, export or even use of algorithm-independent crypto interfaces has
    been covered by export restrictions in the past, FYI). The hardware
    device drivers contain no crypto themselves, they just make use of
    hardware that's there. I would have thought the software algorithm
    implementations would be much more of an issue...

    Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
    robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories

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