Re: LYNX-DEV How do I get https to work?

[Alan Cox]

> :   There is an SSL enabled Lynx available from
> :        ftp://shadow.cabi.net/pub/Linux
> :Do You really believe rpm is the appropriate standard for
> :distributions? Only redhat has it on their CDs. tar.gz would be more
> :appropriate, zip and zoo, too.
> 
> Okay, this thing has come up before so I should answer it.  Almost
> everyone in the Linux community agrees that the redhat package manager is
> a great idea.  Yes, it is not the ideal distribution method for software

RPM is a generally supported Linux media format. The SSL enabled Lynx
kit I put together is aimed specifically at Linux users. RPM is starting
to spread to other unix platforms and it is the _ideal_ future distribution
system once more people are including it as standard and making tarballs
of it available.

> :Is it a violation to US export laws to download this file from a
> :german site?
> No.  There are no laws restricting the import of cryptographic software.
> There are laws restricting re-export.  (makes you wonder who's making
> these things up).

Be careful. The SSL Lynx I built uses SSLeay. That means it is possibly
a patent offence for a US citizen to even use it (RSA patent). Nobody in
the US has taken software patents to the supreme court, nobody knows.
The situation on re-export is probably that it will be shown to be legal
in a year or so's time when the supreme court trashes ITAR and friends
for good. Until then re-exporting it is asking for serious trouble from
the loonies with smart suits shades and guns.

> at the time.  The only way we could have a copy of crypto software
> developed by a US resident outside the US without someone breaking a US
> export law was if we were to sponsor a trip for the developer, send them

ITAR implies a US citizen doing this could probably be locked up for a
few years on return.

My advice would be 

1.      Don't rexport it from the US and be careful from other countries
2.      Rebuild the Source RPM with ssleay built with RSAREF and you can
        legally use it for non commercial use in the USA
3.      Emigrate ;)

Alan

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