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

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From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
To: jsw@netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Message Hash: ddd470c91e47ea85d6cc20c56ab6ab8d70dd6c9be7c3d79dafa1b24f3b25f636
Message ID: <199601251504.JAA04039@softserv.tcst.com>
Reply To: <3106A21E.33E3@netscape.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-01-25 15:49:46 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 23:49:46 +0800

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From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 23:49:46 +0800
To: jsw@netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Subject: Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
In-Reply-To: <3106A21E.33E3@netscape.com>
Message-ID: <199601251504.JAA04039@softserv.tcst.com>
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Jeff Weinstein 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.
>
>  What do you mean by "promise to remove the hooks"?

I mean they planned to have some type of crypto, but then after a visit
from the USG, they removed that plan, and even withdrew the interface so
that someone else couldn't "drop in" the crypto. The press release
describing it was within the past 12 months or so. I will find it
eventually.

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