Re: [VANILLA-CLIENTS:16] RES-RSA 2.9 for Netrek clients and servers, U.S. version

[Dave Ahn <ahn@vec.wfubmc.edu>]

On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 12:00:20AM -0600, Steve Sheldon wrote:
> > The package is available at
> >
> >  http://cow.netrek.org/contrib/res-rsa-2.9.tar.gz
> 
> Oh, I also was able to recompile the client using the output and the RSA
> stuff worked.

Kurt's Euro version of RSA uses the new RES-RSA shell package that I created
last week.  It has a different setup from the current U.S. version of RES-RSA
2.9 which I released last week.  I was planning to release the updated U.S.
package at the same time as Kurt, but I guess he beat me to it.

>  I'm going to go back and recompile GMP.  The GMP 2.0 stuff has, I think,
> better support for Win32.  For instance with the 1.3.2 stuff I had to rename
> the pow() function to mpow() in order to get around the fact that there
> already existed a pow() function... Anyway it's a major kludge. :)

The shell package provides the same interface for the Vanilla server to
use.  You probably should have waited on the U.S. version.  It has a redone
mkkey which uses GMP only.  It has been tested to autodetect and work with
both GMP 1.3.2 and 2.0.2.

>  Ok, so what are the rules as far as as US citizen types utilizing this
> code?  Are we breaking any laws?  Will I end up in jail?

You aren't breaking any laws, but you are violating RSA's patent.  I doubt
they'll prosecute, though.  But if you want to be safe, I'd update to
U.S. RES-RSA 2.9.1 when I release it later today.  It is identical to
Kurts' 2.9 release except for the crypto routines.

Dave
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