Protected WLAN

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 07:13 -0700, James McKenzie wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 21:30 -0700, JD wrote:
> >> Gov has made it illegal to publish such algorithms, at least
> >> in the USA.
> >
> > Evidence?
> >
> Not so.  DES, 3DES and AES are all PUBLISHED alogrithms and are used
> by the DoD/NSA (CISSP training from (ISC)2 as source.)  PGP using IDEA
> is a published alogrithm.  There are NO bans against publishing them,
> just distributing them to "controlled countries" by US law.
> Fedora/RedHat have had to take the position that they will supply the
> packages to only those who do not export to controlled countries or
> banned individuals.

Actually the previous poster seemed to be saying that it is currently
illegal to publish algorithms to *decrypt* WPA and friends. That's what
I was asking for evidence for.

poc