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 <h2><font color=#e00000>Cryptography</font><hr></h2>  <h2><font color=#e00000>Cryptography</font><hr></h2>
   
 <strong>Index</strong><br>  <strong>Index</strong><br>
   <a href=#ssh>SSH soon built into OpenBSD base code</a>.<br>
 <a href=#why>Why do we ship cryptography?</a>.<br>  <a href=#why>Why do we ship cryptography?</a>.<br>
 <a href=#prng>Pseudo Random Number Generators</a> (PRNG): ARC4, ...<br>  <a href=#prng>Pseudo Random Number Generators</a> (PRNG): ARC4, ...<br>
 <a href=#hash>Cryptographic Hash Functions</a>: MD5, SHA1, ...<br>  <a href=#hash>Cryptographic Hash Functions</a>: MD5, SHA1, ...<br>
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 href=security.html>security</a> of an operating system.  The  href=security.html>security</a> of an operating system.  The
 cryptography utilized in OpenBSD can be classified into three  cryptography utilized in OpenBSD can be classified into three
 different aspects, which will be described later.<p>  different aspects, which will be described later.<p>
   
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   <li><h3><font color=#e00000>SSH soon built into OpenBSD base code</font></h3><p>
   
   What do most people do right after they install OpenBSD?<p>
   They install Secure Shell (SSH) from the ports tree or the packages on
   the CD-ROM. Until now, that is.<p>
   
   This is still very much a work in progress, but we found an innovative way
   around the RSA patent. We are taking a free license release of SSH and
   OpenBSD-ifying it.<p>
   
   We get around the US-based RSA patent by letting end users
   selectively download the correct libssl file for their location (US resident
   or not).<p>
   
 <p>  <p>
 <a name=prng></a>  <a name=prng></a>
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