From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 07:35:40 -0700 (PDT)
To: sunder@brainlink.com (Ray Arachelian)
Subject: Re: Netscape Show - Security API
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Ray Arachelian wrote:

| Everything is a plug in module, and you can even replace the crappy DES 
| and crippled RSA mods with stronger ones and even write a PGP signature 
| checker/signed/encryptor, etc for both server and browser.  Very cool 
| stuff. PGP was actually mentioned!

	Speaking of Netscape security, it would be nice to be able to
write code that controlled various settings on a per site basis, ie,
I'll take cookies from the New York Times (one per session), and as
many as Amazon.com wants to send, but nowhere else, and Javascript
only if its signed by Dr. Dobbs or comes from www.mycompany.com.

Adam


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