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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 135924e69d..fb0715cd9b 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ bundled with the distribution due to US Government restrictions on the export of cryptographic software. Nevertheless, this routine
is part of the "libdes" library (written by Eric Young) which is widely
available worldwide, usually along with SSLeay (for example,
-"ftp://fractal.mta.ca/pub/crypto/SSLeay/DES/"). Set CRYPT_SRC to the
+"ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/crypt/mirrors/dsi/libdes/"). Set CRYPT_SRC to the
name of the file that implements des_fcrypt(). Alternatively, if
you have built a library that contains des_fcrypt(), you can set
CRYPT_LIB to point to the library name. The location above contains
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ self-contained file (fcrypt.c) that implements crypt(), so they may be easier to use. A patch against the fcrypt.c found in libdes-3.06 is
in des_fcrypt.patch.
+An easier alternative may be to get the pre-patched and ready-to-use
+fcrypt.c that can be found here:
+
+ http://downloads.ActiveState.com/pub/staff/gsar/fcrypt.c
+ ftp://ftp.ActiveState.com/pub/staff/gsar/fcrypt.c
+
Perl will also build without des_fcrypt(), but the crypt() builtin will
fail at run time.
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