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1996-01-26 - Re: Crippled Notes export encryption

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: tighe@spectrum.titan.com
Message Hash: 4e6be62248d4de0b68d58e2c8a12d2de040d3d3e6f3b558554de46dd189fa786
Message ID: <3106A21E.33E3@netscape.com>
Reply To: <199601241509.JAA26060@softserv.tcst.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-01-26 17:29:01 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:29:01 +0800

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:29:01 +0800
To: tighe@spectrum.titan.com
Subject: Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
In-Reply-To: <199601241509.JAA26060@softserv.tcst.com>
Message-ID: <3106A21E.33E3@netscape.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Mike Tighe wrote:
> 
> Jeff Weinstein writes:
> 
> >  I can see two practical ways to build a netscape product outside
> >the US.  The first is to export the source code for the Navigator
> >with the crypto code removed.  All of the calls to crypto would
> >have to be removed as well.  I've heard some people claim that the
> >government could come after us on the grounds that we were taking
> >part in a conspiracy to export strong crypto.
> 
> Didn't Netscape already promise to remove the hooks? It seems to me all of
> the major software players are already in bed with the government.

  What do you mean by "promise to remove the hooks"?

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.

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