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1997-07-19 - Re: Verisign gets export approval

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From: amp@pobox.com
To: tomw@netscape.com>
Message Hash: df32314a825c998d3aff3d345db97abdf94a211c97b4cb1e67344642b015eb18
Message ID: <Chameleon.869213374.amp@rcnu3077>
Reply To: <Pine.3.89.9707171711.A10551-0100000@netcom2>
UTC Datetime: 1997-07-19 04:15:30 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 12:15:30 +0800

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From: amp@pobox.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 12:15:30 +0800
To: tomw@netscape.com>
Subject: Re: Verisign gets export approval
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=snip=

> > I also would like to mention the reader that yesterday's release of
> > MSIE 4.0b2 *does* have the ability to check CRL's.
> 
> Yes, we will add this feature in some future release.  It will be
> configurable, so if the user doesn't want to check CRLs he doesn't
> have to.

An excellent way of implementing it. 

 
> Aren't all certs VeriSign issues only valid for one year?  This isn't
> any different.
> 
> There's nothing preventing another CA from getting permission from the
> USG to issue these magic certs.  We would have to distribute a patch,
> but I don't see any problem with that.

uh, why does one need permission of the usg to issue "magic certs"?


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Date: 07/18/97
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