In openssl, the book suggests in the Command Explanations to use 'no-rc5 no-idea' config options to avoid possible patent issues. It appears that no-rc5 has been the default for a while though.
>From the file "CHANGES": > > Changes between 0.9.7h and 0.9.8 [05 Jul 2005] > > *) Change ./Configure so that certain algorithms can be disabled by default. > The new counterpiece to "no-xxx" is "enable-xxx". > > The patented RC5 and MDC2 algorithms will now be disabled unless > "enable-rc5" and "enable-mdc2", respectively, are specified. > > (IDEA remains enabled despite being patented. This is because IDEA > is frequently required for interoperability, and there is no license > fee for non-commercial use. As before, "no-idea" can be used to > avoid this algorithm.) > > [Bodo Moeller] > Jonathan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
