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1996-01-25 - Re: Crippled Notes export encryption

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From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
To: jeffb@sware.com (Jeff Barber)
Message Hash: 08b527c1be1b6ff41d4a88f301340279696f72b6635b2fdccca8d817a77c657a
Message ID: <199601251530.JAA04672@softserv.tcst.com>
Reply To: <199601251555.KAA01850@jafar.sware.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-01-25 16:30:50 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 00:30:50 +0800

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From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 00:30:50 +0800
To: jeffb@sware.com (Jeff Barber)
Subject: Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
In-Reply-To: <199601251555.KAA01850@jafar.sware.com>
Message-ID: <199601251530.JAA04672@softserv.tcst.com>
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Jeff Barber writes:

>> 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.

>I think you may be confused.  I do recall a report that some NSA folks
>visited NCSA and recommended they remove crypto hooks from the NCSA httpd.
>Is this maybe what you're thinking of?

Yes, I guess that was it. Thanks for the correction. Anyway, moving to the
actual point, it does seem most major software players are agreeing to the
USG demands.

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