Most likely because it uses some kind of regular DES which isn't strong enough to fall under export controls.
Sami Dalouche wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Today, I've just realized that the passwd package uses encryption. The > problem is that I wonder why it's not in the non-US section. > Every package that uses encryption seems to be in non-US, so why isn't passwd > in non-US too ? > > Bye, > sami > > -- > DDDD EEEEE BBBB II AAAAA NN N LL II NN N U U X X > DD D E__ B__B II A___A N N N LL II N N N U U XX > DD D E B B II A A N N N LL II N N N U U XX > DDDD EEEEE BBBB II A A N NN LLLLL II N NN UUUUU X X > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]