[Asterisk-Dev] AES voice encryption for IAX2

[Steven Critchfield]

On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 16:07, Olle E. Johansson wrote:
> As I hinted before, there are coders that promised to look into the project, that's
> why the AES source is within the Asterisk CVS. I don't know the status of their efforts.
> 
> However, I'm aware that there are legal problems within the US (oh no, not again :-)
> that several parties are trying to sort out.
> 
> I can't believe those are impossible to overcome, since there's open source code out for
> SRTP in at least one repository. However, we don't want programmers involved in this
> project to be responsible in ways beyond contributing to Asterisk.
> 
> A few years ago, makíng encryption available worldwide was comparable with illegal
> export of nuclear weapons. I don't believe it's the same situation now, but with the
> recent movements of several authorities, I understand the need to protect our
> developers and community from damage.

Yes, Clinton rolled back some of the restrictions. I wouldn't put it
past (g)Ashcroft to find some back ass law to enforce against providers
of encryption and then claim the provider is a terrorist to fully rape
them of their rights.
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>