[ntp:questions] Re: exporting NTP from the US

Danny Mayer mayer at ntp.isc.org
Tue Mar 28 16:30:34 UTC 2006


alan.kiecker wrote:
> Thanks, Harlan.
> 
> We are planning on using the NTP package that Meinberg has available
> for Windows.  Many of our customers isolate their private networks from
> the Internet making it difficult for them to download the package so we
> are planning on making it available to them on our own release media.
> This in effect would make us an exporter, and consequently my
> questions.
> 
> The package as downloaded from Meinberg includes both the SSLeay32.dll
> and libeay32.dll libraries.  The following FAQ
> 
> http://www.columbia.edu/~ariel/ssleay/ssleay-legal-faq.html
> 
> mentions some ITAR issues concerning SSL but does not really go into
> details.  I am assuming that these two libraries, which are used by
> NTP, contain the encryption algorithms that are of concern.  Since the
> API of these libraries is well documented on the Internet, anyone would
> be able to make use of the encryption algorithms once they have the
> libraries.
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- al

If Unisys intends to use Meinberg's package, you should contact them
first to make sure that it's okay with them.

Danny



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