[free-sklyarov] Please make stable NON-US homes for strong crypto projects (fwd)

[Karsten M. Self]

on Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 02:28:40PM -0400, Jay Sulzberger (jays at panix.com) wrote:
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:32:12 -0700
> From: John Gilmore <gnu at toad.com>
> To: cryptography at wasabisystems.com, gnu at toad.com
> Subject: Please make stable NON-US homes for strong crypto projects
> 
> It's clear that the US administration is putting out feelers to
> again ban publication of strong encryption.  See:
>   http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46816,00.html
> 
> The evil gnomes who keep advancing unconstitutional US anti-crypto
> policies know that the current hysteria in Congress and the
> Administration will not last forever.  So they will probably move very
> quickly -- within a week is my guess -- to re-control encryption,
> either by a unilateral action of the Administration (by amending
> the Export Administration Regulations), or by stuffing a rider onto
> some so-called "emergency" bill in Congress.
<...>

> Some US developers, who thought such a reversal would never happen,
> have built or maintained a number of good open source encryption tools
> in the United States, and may not have lined up solid foreign
> maintainers or home sites.
> 
> LET'S FIX THAT!  We need volunteers in many countries to mirror
> current distributions, CVS trees, etc.  We need volunteers to also
> act as maintainers, accepting patches and integrating them into
> solid releases.

<...>

> I haven't kept close track of which packages are in danger.  I
> suggest that people nominate packages on this mailing list, and that
> others immediately grab mirror copies of them as they are nominated.
> And that some of those who mirror them keep quiet, in case hysterical
> governments make a concerted effort to stamp out all copies and/or all
> major distribution sites.  If you aren't the quiet type, then *AFTER*
> IMMEDIATELY PULLING A COPY OF THE CODE OUTSIDE US JURISDICTION,
> announce your mirror on this mailing list.

My own suggestion for non-US packages.  This is drawn from the debian
package lists.  Packages may be on the non-US list for either crypto
and/or patent issues, I suspect several of the latter category are
included.  I count 85 packages.


Package: apache-ssl
Size: 406882
Description: Versatile, high-performance HTTP server with SSL support

Package: cfs
Size: 123270
Description: Cryptographic Filesystem

Package: cipe-common
Size: 27642
Description: Common files for CIPE VPN software

Package: cipe-source
Size: 103502
Description: Encrypted IP tunnels over UDP (source)

Package: curl-ssl
Size: 95458
Description: Get a file from an FTP, GOPHER, or HTTP server. (ssl support)

Package: fsh
Size: 28712
Description: Fast remote command execution over rsh/ssh/lsh

Package: gnupg
Size: 898226
Description: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement.

Package: gs-pdfencrypt
Size: 6184
Description: Provides support to view encrypted PDFs with GhostScript.

Package: heimdal-clients
Size: 221760
Description: Clients for Heimdal Kerberos

Package: heimdal-clients-x
Size: 74710
Description: X11 files for Heimdal Kerberos

Package: heimdal-dev
Size: 378820
Description: Development files for Heimdal Kerberos

Package: heimdal-docs
Size: 61354
Description: Documentation for Heimdal Kerberos

Package: heimdal-kdc
Size: 86550
Description: KDC for Heimdal Kerberos

Package: heimdal-lib
Size: 293442
Description: Libraries for Heimdal Kerberos

Package: heimdal-servers
Size: 170824
Description: Servers for Heimdal Kerberos

Package: heimdal-servers-x
Size: 61524
Description: X11 files for Heimdal Kerberos

Package: ircii
Size: 423212
Description: Internet Relay Chat client

Package: kerberos4kth
Size: 170130
Description: Shared libraries for kerberos security system.

Package: kerberos4kth-clients
Size: 159036
Description: Kerberized versions of standard clients: telnet, ftp, etc.

Package: kerberos4kth-dev
Size: 125810
Description: Static libraries, header files for compiling kerberized applications.

Package: kerberos4kth-kdc
Size: 59452
Description: Authentication server for kerberos security system.

Package: kerberos4kth-services
Size: 159218
Description: Kerberized versions of standard services, telnetd, ftpd, etc.

Package: kerberos4kth-user
Size: 103742
Description: Basic programs to authenticate using kerberos security system.

Package: kerberos4kth-x11
Size: 53364
Description: Kerberos X support for secure encrypted X connections

Package: kerberos4kth1
Size: 208544
Description: Shared libraries for kerberos security system.

Package: kernel-patch-int
Size: 196628
Description: International patch for the Linux kernel

Package: libapache-mod-ssl
Size: 198978
Description: Strong cryptography for Apache

Package: libapache-mod-ssl-doc
Size: 277788
Description: Documentation for Apache module mod_ssl

Package: libnasl0
Size: 39128
Description: Nessus Attack Scripting Language, shared library

Package: libnasl0-dev
Size: 42644
Description: Nessus Attack Scripting Language, static library and headers

Package: libnessus0
Size: 117168
Description: Nessus shared libraries

Package: libnessus0-dev
Size: 198522
Description: Nessus static libraries and headers

Package: libnet-ssleay-perl
Size: 71992
Description: Perl module for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Package: librc21
Size: 4140
Description: Library that implements the RC2 algorithm.

Package: librc21-dev
Size: 5984
Description: Library that implements the RC2 algorithm - development files.

Package: libssl09
Size: 358600
Description: SSL shared libraries

Package: libssl09-dev
Size: 555960
Description: SSL development libraries

Package: lynx-ssl
Size: 980420
Description: Text-mode WWW Browser supporting SSL

Package: nessus
Size: 97058
Description: Remote network security auditor, the client

Package: nessus-plugins
Size: 213780
Description: Nessus plugins

Package: nessusd
Size: 44920
Description: Remote network security auditor, the server

Package: openssl
Size: 281872
Description: Secure Socket Layer and related cryptographic libraries/tools.

Package: pavuk
Size: 405810
Description: Multiprotocol file graber with textual and graphic control.

Package: pipsecd
Size: 22322
Description: IPsec tunnel implementation

Package: powstatd-crypt
Size: 33874
Description: Configurable UPS monitoring daemon

Package: ssh
Size: 256320
Description: Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement (OpenSSH)

Package: ssh-askpass
Size: 18180
Description: under X, asks user for a passphrase for ssh-add

Package: ssh-askpass-gnome
Size: 27332
Description: under X, asks user for a passphrase for ssh-add

Package: ssh-askpass-ptk
Size: 8222
Description: under X, asks user for a passphrase for ssh-add

Package: ssleay
Size: 978
Description: Convenience package to replace ssleay with openssl

Package: ssltelnet
Size: 7344
Description: Convenience Package to replace ssltelnet by telnet(d)-ssl

Package: sslwrap
Size: 26316
Description: Simple TCP service encryption using TLS/SSL

Package: stone-ssl
Size: 34112
Description: TCP/IP packet repeater in the application layer.(SSL)

Package: stunnel
Size: 41782
Description: Universal SSL tunnel for network daemons

Package: telnet-ssl
Size: 72542
Description: The telnet client with SSL encryption support.

Package: telnetd-ssl
Size: 40274
Description: The telnet server with SSL encryption support.

Package: tunnelv
Size: 84690
Description: Encrypted network connection within a TCP/IP connection

Package: w3m-ssl
Size: 315730
Description: WWW browsable pager with SSL support

Package: xpdf-i
Size: 999038
Description: Portable Document Format viewer for X11, with decryption support

Package: zip-crypt
Size: 87046
Description: Archiver for .zip files

Package: zmailer-ssl
Size: 904226
Description: Mailer for Extreme Performance Demands

Package: fortify
Size: 154578
Description: World-wide strong cryptography for Netscape

Package: fortify-linux-powerpc
Size: 47002
Description: Fortify stub files for linux-powerpc architectures

Package: fortify-linux-x86
Size: 65156
Description: Fortify stub files for linux-x86 architectures

Package: fortify-os2
Size: 39506
Description: Fortify stub files for OS/2

Package: fortify-unix-alpha
Size: 50558
Description: Fortify stub files for unix-alpha architectures

Package: fortify-unix-hppa
Size: 47324
Description: Fortify stub files for unix-hppa architectures

Package: fortify-unix-mips
Size: 55544
Description: Fortify stub files for unix-mips architectures

Package: fortify-unix-powerpc
Size: 47234
Description: Fortify stub files for unix-powerpc (non-Linux) architectures

Package: fortify-unix-sparc
Size: 65504
Description: Fortify stub files for unix-sparc architectures

Package: fortify-unix-x86
Size: 59828
Description: Fortify stub files for unix-x86 (non-Linux) architectures

Package: gpg-idea
Size: 11372
Description: IDEA (PGP 2.x-compatible) module for GNU Privacy Guard

Package: gpg-rsa
Size: 12668
Description: RSA (PGP 2.x-compatible) module for GNU Privacy Guard

Package: gpg-rsaref
Size: 11624
Description: RSAREF module for GNU Privacy Guard

Package: pgp-i
Size: 287270
Description: Public key encryption system (International version)

Package: pgp-us
Size: 291310
Description: Public key encryption system (US version)

Package: pgp5i
Size: 899360
Description: Public key encryption system (International version)

Package: rsaref
Size: 37428
Description: RSADSI's RSAREF encryption library

Package: rsaref2
Size: 77522
Description: RSADSI's RSAREF 2.0 encryption library

Package: speak-freely
Size: 231280
Description: Voice Communication Over Data Networks

Package: ssh-askpass-nonfree
Size: 7464
Description: under X, asks user for a pasphrase for ssh-add

Package: ssh-nonfree
Size: 479338
Description: a secure replacement for rlogin, rsh, and rcp (NON-FREE)

Package: ssh-socks
Size: 67918
Description: a secure replacement for rlogin, rsh, and rcp (with SOCKS support)

Package: unzip-crypt
Size: 124170
Description: De-archiver for .zip files

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