1996-11-09 - Re: WebTV a “munition”
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From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Reply To: <199611081616.IAA21577@slack.lne.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-11-09 01:15:39 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 17:15:39 -0800 (PST)
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From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 17:15:39 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: WebTV a "munition"
In-Reply-To: <199611081616.IAA21577@slack.lne.com>
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Rich Graves wrote:
>
> Eric Murray wrote:
> >
> > Page 3 of the San Jose Mercury News has a small blurb
> > about WebTV's browser/set-top box that "uses
> > computer-security technology so powerful that the
> > government is classifying it as a weapon
> > that will require a special export license before
> > it can be sold overseas".[...]
> > shouldn't be too difficult. If they didn't use the "export"
> > level SSL CipherTypes, then what're they up to? Are they
> > fighting crypto export laws (for which they should be congratulated
> > and supported) or are they just looking for free publicity?
>
> Based on the lack of public policy pronouncements from the WebTV
> folks, I would answer C) They're clueless. I'm not sure that
> management even understood, or wanted to understand, that they'd have
> an export problem.
> See http://www.webtv.net/
Since Pablo Calamera works there, they can't be too clueless.
--
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- 1996-11-11 (Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:26:53 -0800 (PST)) - Re: WebTV a “munition” - iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
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- 1996-11-09 (Fri, 8 Nov 1996 17:15:39 -0800 (PST)) - Re: WebTV a “munition” - Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
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