From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 18:00:00 +0800
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Netscape
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Lucky Green wrote:
> 
> At 1:23 7/23/96, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> 
> >  If you know that the recipient can read a message encrypted with
> >3DES, IDEA, or RC2-128, then you can send the message using one of
> >these strong algorithms.  Given that you need someones public key
> >to send them a message, there are several obvious ways to transmit
> >information about what algorithms they accept along with it.
> 
> Granted. What about the signature bug? Will Netscape encrypt the outside
> signature?

  I think that this bug in s/mime should have been fixed long ago.
We will try to get this fixed in the spec before our products
goes out.

	--Jeff

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