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1998-09-17 - Re: Questions for Magaziner?

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From: “Arnold G. Reinhold” <reinhold@world.std.com>
To: Robert Hettinga <dcsb@ai.mit.edu
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UTC Datetime: 1998-09-17 23:14:12 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 07:14:12 +0800

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From: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 07:14:12 +0800
To: Robert Hettinga <dcsb@ai.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Questions for Magaziner?
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At 12:38 AM -0400 9/18/98, Robert Hettinga wrote:
>I spoke at the Electronic Payments Forum here in Boston today, and,
>tomorrow, the keynote for tomorrow's lunch is Ira Magaziner.
...
>
>Anyway, In light of more recent crypto-shenanigans from Billary, and the
>fact that this thing's a small crowd, I figured I'd ask if anyone on these
>lists had a question they wanted me to ask him.
>

One question I'd like asked is whether the US Gov will approve 56-bit RC-4
for export on the same terms as 56-bit DES. That would allow export
versions of web browsers to be upgraded painlessly, making international
e-commerce 64 thousand times more secure than existing 40-bit browsers.
(56-bit DES browsers would require every merchant to upgrade their SSL
servers and introduce a lot of unneeded complexity.)

Arnold Reinhold

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