Mindfuq wrote: > I compiling the Mixmaster remailer, I get an error the > OpenSSL was not compiled with IDEA support. However, OpenSSL > was supposed to have compiled with IDEA out of the box, with > only an option to disable it. What am I missing?
You in all likelihood fell victim to some misguided nonsense that seems to spread through the Open Source community at present. Some distributions have disabled IDEA and other patented algorithms to cleanse the code from "non-free" math to maintain the patent-purity of the software. Cypherpunks of course reject such nonsense, just as they rejected RSA DSI's and David Sternlight's claims that PGP must not be used because it supposedly infringed on some patents. Do a Google search for IDEA and the name of your OS or distribution to find out how to recompile with IDEA support enabled. --Lucky
