Military Drops OpenBSD Funding Because of de Raadt's Antiwar Comment

[Ben Laurie]

Peter Fairbrother wrote:
> Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> 
> 
>>SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. military's research agency cut off
> 
> 
>>Another $500,000 of the money funded the work of United Kingdom-based
>>researchers on a related project called OpenSSL, which is used to
>>encrypt data.
> 
> 
> OpenSSH, sshurely.
> 
> Is that UK-based? OpenSSL might well be, at least sort-of, but OpenSSH? I
> dunno, but I doubt it.

No, OpenSSL - I know, coz I did most of the work. OpenSSH is not a
"related project" it is part of OpenBSD.

> There are potential problems ahead for OpenSSL in the UK. The EU dual-use/
> (including crypto) export control regulations might be about to be
> implemented here, under the Export Control Act 2002,.. but it won't affect
> the actual releases, just talking about them beforehand...

Amusing. Not. Incidentally, OpenSSL is (currently) hosted in
Switzerland, if that matters.

Cheers,

Ben.

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