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1996-01-24 - Re: Crippled Notes export encryption

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From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
To: jsw@netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Message Hash: 07e3937e965f70ec743d00b863615ee13c62bff65b4f248a503269e6cafe7ae9
Message ID: <199601241509.JAA26060@softserv.tcst.com>
Reply To: <3105FBFC.4DC9@netscape.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-01-24 16:19:38 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:19:38 +0800

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From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:19:38 +0800
To: jsw@netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Subject: Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
In-Reply-To: <3105FBFC.4DC9@netscape.com>
Message-ID: <199601241509.JAA26060@softserv.tcst.com>
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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.

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