Xenix & crypt

[Doug Gwyn <gwyn>]

> 4. The CRYPT command has been removed from Xenix 3.0b. The
>    crypt commands contains classified algorithms, and has
>    been removed in order to comply with goverment regulations
>    covering international distribution of Xenix.

The algorithm is by no stretch of the imagination "classified".

The Department of Commerce prohibits exportation of many things,
including cryptographic systems.  Apparently AT&T lawyers have
decided not to fight the issue, since they now remove "crypt"
etc. from the "international version" of UNIX.  This whole issue
is pretty silly; another example of your tax dollar being wasted.