| From: | Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> |
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| To: | "D'Arcy" "J(dot)M(dot)" Cain <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>, hannu(at)trust(dot)ee (Hannu Krosing) |
| Cc: | Michael(dot)Ansley(at)intec(dot)co(dot)za, maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, scrappy(at)hub(dot)org, mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] RE: [INTERFACES] Re: SSL patch |
| Date: | 1999-07-26 10:45:50 |
| Message-ID: | 3.0.5.32.19990726204550.00a85a00@mail.rhyme.com.au |
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At 06:24 26/07/99 -0400, D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain wrote:
>Thus spake Hannu Krosing
>> Not to scare anyone away (I like crypto !;), but isn't it illegal to
>> have SSL
>> in an exportable product in US.
>>
>> I guess this should be kept in a separate patch distributed from an
>> non-US site
>> until US government wisens up.
>
>The PostgreSQL server is in Canada. There may still be some issues but
>last time I checked we weren't a US state yet.
>
Even if there are problems, I believe it's OK to export PostgreSQL with
options for SSL support, so long as you don't export SSL.
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