You don't need to do this anymore. A version of RES-RSA has been released after the relaxing of U.S. export restrictions. Just download the RES-RSA package directly from http://ftp.netrek.org/pub/netrek/ On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 04:49:40PM -0500, Shawn Rhoads wrote: > Shawn Howard Rhoads > US Citizen > I agree. > I agree. > I agree. > > This file is located at <http://www.netrek.org/RSA.agreement.txt> > > ** Netrek RES-RSA > > This information and agreement is relevant only to U.S. Netrek client > developers/builders and Netrek server developers/administrators. > > Many Netrek servers are RSA-enabled and require special RSA-enabled > "blessed" client binaries for gameplay. This requirement prevents > players from downloading a client's source code and adding special > "borgish" features (such as auto- phasers, cloakers on tactical, etc.) > to gain unfair advantages over others. > > Both clients and servers use the RSA algorithm from RSA Laboratories > to employ public key cryptography for client validation. You will > need access to the Netrek RES-RSA source code only if you plan to run > an RSA-enabled server or build an RSA-enabled client. If you are > building a client, please be sure to check with the client > maintainer(s) to see if a blessed client for your platform is already > available. > > Because of U.S. export restrictions on encryption technology, you must > truthfully answer the following questions before a copy of the Netrek > RES-RSA library can be released to you. > > - State your full, legal name. > > - Are you a citizen or national of the United States or a person who > has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United > States under the Immigration and Naturalization Act? > > - Do you agree not to export RSA and all related support code to the > extent incorporated therein, in violation of the export control laws > of the United States of America as implemented by the United States > Department of State Office of Defense Trade Controls? > > - Do you agree to the terms and conditions of the RSAREF license? > <http://www.netrek.org/RSA.txt> > > - Do you agree to use Netrek RES-RSA and RSAREF solely for > non-commercial purposes? > > Send a copy of this file with your answers to rsakey at us.netrek.org. > If you are a PGP user, sign the message and include your public key. > The decrypt key for the U.S. RES-RSA package will be sent to you > afterwards. The encrypted U.S. RES-RSA package is located at > <ftp://ftp.netrek.org/pub/netrek/rsa/>. > > If you are trying to build an RSA-enabled client, please check with > the client maintainers for additional information. RSA-enabled > clients not sanctioned by the maintainers are usually rejected by the > RSA client keys maintainer and RSA-enabled servers. > > -da 3/25/99 > > > > _______________________________________________ > vanilla-metaserver mailing list > vanilla-metaserver at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/vanilla-metaserver _______________________________________________ vanilla-metaserver mailing list vanilla-metaserver at lists.real-time.com https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/vanilla-metaserver