Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2126] PGP RSA

[Kurt Siegl <007@freemail.at>]

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 you wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 09:13:12PM -0600, Bob Tanner wrote:
>> Is the PGP version of RSA encapsulated into a library?
>
>PGP uses the RSAREF library.  We use our own custom-implemented RSA
>routine.
>
>Personally, I think it is a bad idea to implement RSA shared libraries.
>They lend themselves to abuse and misuse far more easily than staticly
>linked binaries.  That is why fixed length RSA software is exportable
>whereas RSA libraries are not.

Only 40 bit encryption is legaly exportable. Higher one is not.
They fall under military export restrictions.
But since Netrek uses encryption internaly, not as general tool
like Netsacpe for example it might be different.

But as far as I can remember the Netrek comunity got special permissions
when RSA has been invented. Maybe you find som documnets
in some very old archives.

Kurt (007)

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