1996-10-22 - Re: PIS_son
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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Message Hash: 97ea5fd166f2554eac67364e6dbd9972afa6db93c91479f6a8318582a721a850
Message ID: <326D5494.334A@netscape.com>
Reply To: <1.5.4.32.19961018165938.006d39ec@pop.pipeline.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-10-22 23:14:34 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 16:14:34 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 16:14:34 -0700 (PDT)
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: PIS_son
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19961018165938.006d39ec@pop.pipeline.com>
Message-ID: <326D5494.334A@netscape.com>
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John Young wrote:
>
> 10-17-96, BuWi:
>
> "Apple, IBM, JavaSoft, Motorola, Netscape, Nortel, Novell,
> RSA, and Silicon Graphics Announce PICA Crypto-Alliance"
>
> The PICA specification will also be designed to make the
> task of developing differing domestic and exportable
> security requirements much easier. [GAK alliance 2.]
John, I think you are misreading the intent here. By making
it easier to develop separate domestic and exportable
versions of a product, we foil the government's attempt to
force weak domestic encryption because it is too much work to
maintain two different versions.
--Jeff
--
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
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