markus schnalke asked: > It's about the package `masqmail'. The upstream release includes an > MD5 implementation (in src/md5). This MD5 code is the reference > implementation code from RFC 1321 and RFC 2104.
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=293932#50 which basically recommends libmd as a faster, freer replacement. As I understand it, the RSADSIMD5M-DA licence does not allow distribution of derivatives explicitly. And the code's slower. [...] > But the code from RFC 2104 shows no copyright information at all. See > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2104.txt > (In the Appendix, page 8 and 9.) > > Can I include this code in Debian? In the absence of permission, the default is no permission, so no. Probably BCP 78 applies, but that's not enough for inclusion. > This question is important, because I couldn't find a public domain > implementation of this function. That's a shame but I don't know hmac_md5 myself. Is there a free software (rather than PD) implementation? There appear to be several HMAC-MD5 implementations in debian already, including libmhash2, but they don't look like drop-in replacements. > P.S. > I'm off-list, please CC me. Done. Hope that helps, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
