Re: Dead link on the cryptography web page

Fred <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:47:18 +0100
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On 17-06-2026 15:28, Rares Aioanei wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> https://www.openbsd.org/crypto.html -- the 2nd link, with the text
> "Marc Plumb has done some research to test the cryptographic laws. ",
> the link (http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html) is broken;
> it seems efc.ca is unresolvable.
> 

There is a copy on archive.org attached is a patch to update crypto.html.

Thanks

Fred

--- crypto.html-1.155   Wed Jun 17 16:43:52 2026
+++ crypto.html Wed Jun 17 16:42:13 2026
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ places no significant restriction on the export of
  cryptographic software, and is even more explicit about the free
  export of freely-available cryptographic software.  Marc Plumb has
  done
-<a href="http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">
+<a 
href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990302024140/http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html">
  some research to test the cryptographic laws</a>.
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