From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 95 01:03:57 PST
To: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
Subject: Re: King Kong Does e$
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Hal wrote:
> But this influence is making us a target of companies who know that
> gaining our approval, or at least avoiding our criticism, is important
> for success on the net.  In many cases, such as the recent flap over
> Netscape's attitudes towards key escrow, I detect a whiff of two
> sidedness, in which one attitude is presented for the benefit of
> government and law enforcement interests, while another posture, more
> acceptable to cypherpunks, is adopted on the net.

  At the NIST meeting our representative made a strong statement
against the governments GAK proposal, and government interference
with crypto in general.  If I'm not mistaken that was a government
and law enforcement forum.  We want to sell (and give away) products
that contain strong encryption, and our customers want to buy it.
We are beginning to take a more active role in trying to achieve
this goal.  Its not happening fast enough for me either, but it
is happening.

	--Jeff

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