Richard wrote: > > The trouble with such a scheme would be that the algorithm itself > would still exist in the library, and can then potentially be used, > just by a change in the INI file. Under those conditions, the > algorithm is still there, even if not currently used (it's still > usable, basically). There are fears that is enough to put you in > trouble. Therefore, there are people who want to be able to > physically remove the troublesome algorithms from the source, and > build the library with the rest of it. No run-time INI file will > help there... If it was that simple, we would already have done it a > long time ago (that's my guess at least...).
This is correct. Simply shipping a binary with an implemented algorithm (even when not used) opens the distributor to patent infringement claims. Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer Kermit 95 2.0 GUI available now!!! The Kermit Project @ Columbia University SSH, Secure Telnet, Secure FTP, HTTP http://www.kermit-project.org/ Secured with MIT Kerberos, SRP, and [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenSSL. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
