It don't think it was me who posted on this subject, but I'll forward
your message.
Julian
> Hi,
>
> I saw your message regarding the IDEA patent and openssl on Dejanews
> (linux.debian.policy). I'd like to mention that with the upcoming
> release OpenSSL 0.9.3 it is possible to disable selected ciphers at
> configuration time, for example with
> ./config no-idea; make depend; rm -Rf crypto/idea
> you can create a copy of OpenSSL that does not use IDEA. The same
> applies to RC5 (it is also possible with RSA, but that makes the
> library close to useless).
>
> Feel free to forward this message if you think it is useful.
>
> Ulf
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