On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 07:13 -0700, James McKenzie wrote:
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 21:30 -0700, JD wrote:
>> Gov has made it illegal to publish such algorithms, at least
>> in the USA.
>
> Evidence?
>
Not so. DES, 3DES and AES are all PUBLISHED alogrithms and are used
by the DoD/NSA (CISSP training from (ISC)2 as source.) PGP using IDEA
is a published alogrithm. There are NO bans against publishing them,
just distributing them to "controlled countries" by US law.
Fedora/RedHat have had to take the position that they will supply the
packages to only those who do not export to controlled countries or
banned individuals.
Actually the previous poster seemed to be saying that it is currently
illegal to publish algorithms to *decrypt* WPA and friends. That's what
I was asking for evidence for.
poc