...Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Paul Rubin wrote:
"Reed L. O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I see rotor was removed for 2.4 and the docs say use an AES module provided separately... Is there a standard module that works alike or an AES module that works alike but with better encryption?
If you mean a module in the distribution, the answer is no, for political reasons.
.....I'm also missing the rotor module and regret that something useful was warned about and now removed with no plugin replacement.
I had understood that this was because rotor was insecure, but you mention politics. Are other useful modules to suffer from politics?
Presumably he is talking about crypo-export rules. In the past strong cryptography has been treated as munitions, and as such exporting it (especially from the USA) could have got you into very serious trouble.
well since rotor is a german (1930's) invention it is a bit late for Amricans (Hollywood notwithstanding) to be worried about its export
However I believe those restrictions have been lifted (the cat having been let out of the bag somewhat ;-), and its easy to do this for open source encryption software. A wade through
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