1996-10-22 - Re: PIS_son

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-22 23:14:34 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 16:14:34 -0700 (PDT)

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 16:14:34 -0700 (PDT)
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: PIS_son
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John Young wrote:
> 
>    10-17-96, BuWi:
> 
>    "Apple, IBM, JavaSoft, Motorola, Netscape, Nortel, Novell,
>    RSA, and Silicon Graphics Announce PICA Crypto-Alliance"
> 
>       The PICA specification will also be designed to make the
>       task of developing differing domestic and exportable
>       security requirements much easier. [GAK alliance 2.]

  John, I think you are misreading the intent here.  By making
it easier to develop separate domestic and exportable
versions of a product, we foil the government's attempt to
force weak domestic encryption because it is too much work to
maintain two different versions.

	--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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