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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: export restriction?!?
Date: 13 Mar 1996 02:08:27 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Zoltan Szendro <100263.632@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
]
] I got the following messageseveral time, during the installation of Fr] 
] "Unable to transfer all components of the ( for example XF86312) distr
] this is a CD-ROM install, it may be because EXPORT RESTRICTION prohibi
] code from being shipped from the U.S. Try to get this code from a loca
] instead."
] 
] Well, I've got no idea what this all mean.  My Unix is bootable, but I
] which components are missing etc. I am new in Unix, so any help would 
] greatly needed. Please write it to my E-mail as well.

Most likely, you attempted to install Crypt/DES support.

The US classes encrytion technology as munitions.

Get the code from some other location... all the BSD crypt
code originates in South Africa to get around this problem
(the US archive versions are based on a compilation of the
South African code).


                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@cs.weber.edu
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or previous employers.