From: geeman@best.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 02:52:20 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: RE: Microsoft's CryptoAPI - thoughts?
Message-ID: <Chameleon.960125102940.geeman@geeman.vip.best.com.best.com>
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>What does everyone think about this? Perhaps I already missed the boat, but
>I just found out about it. How would international apps work? Would a data
>file encrypted with an app compiled with a US-only CSP (cryptographic
>service provider) be able to be loaded by a European equivalent app?
>
>[Info can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/intdev/inttech/cryptapi.htm]
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>rickt@psa.pencom.com
>egalitarian, philosopher, unix cowboy, '68 chevy pickup hacker
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To which I would like to generalize: what do you (all those with an opinion on the matter) think/feel/intuit 
about general crypto API's overall?  How would you compare some of the simultaneous threads of 
development going on now in different orgs?  Any strong positions out there?