Xenix & crypt
Doug Gwyn <gwyn>
gwyn at brl-tgr.ARPA
Mon Apr 1 13:45:52 AEST 1985
> 4. The CRYPT command has been removed from Xenix 3.0b. The
> crypt commands contains classified algorithms, and has
> been removed in order to comply with goverment regulations
> covering international distribution of Xenix.
The algorithm is by no stretch of the imagination "classified".
The Department of Commerce prohibits exportation of many things,
including cryptographic systems. Apparently AT&T lawyers have
decided not to fight the issue, since they now remove "crypt"
etc. from the "international version" of UNIX. This whole issue
is pretty silly; another example of your tax dollar being wasted.
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