1996-03-27 - Re: Edited Edupage, 24 March 1996

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: “E. ALLEN SMITH” <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-27 13:35:34 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 21:35:34 +0800

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 21:35:34 +0800
To: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Subject: Re: Edited Edupage, 24 March 1996
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E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
> >NETSCAPE TO GET IN ON THE PHONE-BY-INTERNET ACTION
> >Netscape co-founder Mark Andreessen says that within six months the company
> >will build into its Navigator program voice software (which it calls Insoft)
> >for making low-cost long distance calls via the Internet into its Navigator
> >program and that long-distance phone companies increasingly won't be able to
> >justify their rates for telephone service.  (Sydney Morning Herald 13 Mar 96
> >via Individual Inc.)
> 
>         Any possibility that Netscape might build in some form of cryptography?
> I realize ITAR rules would make this problematic, but perhaps some sort of
> out-of-country deal for putting in the hooks for PGPhone could be done.

  The internet phone software is coming from one of the companies that
we are acquiring.  This is one obvious application of SSL that I will be
looking into after the merger is complete.

	--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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