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- From: mjr@TIS.COM (Marcus J. Ranum)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
- Subject: Re: Unix freeware CD-ROMs
- Message-ID: <9212292056.AA20653@TIS.COM>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:56:08 GMT
- References: <1hlb9tINNegd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <9212272307.AA02041@TIS.COM> <wilko.725658338@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl>
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- wilko@russia.idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte) writes:
- >To the best of my knowledge the distribution of the European Freeware CDROM
- >was stopped because of some legal hassle.
-
- Government hassle, not legal hassle. The EFCDROM had the sources
- for "crack", which included a fast DES implementation. Unfortunately,
- that made the EFCDROM a munition and unexportable. I believe that another
- version without the deadly weaponry ;) was pressed.
-
- mjr.
-