Hifn Restricts Crypto Docs, OpenBSD Opens Fire

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @11:45PM from the don't-tread-on-me dept.

Mhrmnhrm writes "After totally closing off public access to documentation for their chips roughly five years ago, Hifn is again offering them, but with an invasive registration requirement. Needless to say, Theo de Raadt and the rest of the OpenBSD team were not amused, and following a Hifn manager's missive, the gauntlet has been thrown. Either open the docs fully, or be removed from the system. This wouldn't be the first time... the same thing happened to both Adaptec and Intel following similar spats."

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Re:By my math... by RemovableBait · 2006-06-14 05:38 · Score: 0, Redundant

Once one person downloads the docs, they can distribute them.

Even better, someone registers with dummy data and posts the login credentials to a major geek news site...

Login at: http://extranet.hifn.com/home

Login Email: hifnco@mailinator.com
Password: cryptodoc5

Enjoy responsibly!