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		mratsim on Feb 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How SSH port became 22 (2017) How would US vendors prevent people from outside the US to acquire the software?

mikehodgson on Feb 13, 2024 [–]

They put a notice above the download link that said it was illegal to export to certain countries. Really. The onus was on the person downloading the software, not the person providing it.

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