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Re: Netscape and 40 bit encryption

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phillip M. Hallam-Baker)
Fri Mar 24 18:05:20 1995

To: "Chuck Yerkes" <yerkes_chuck@jpmorgan.com>, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
cc: hallam@dxal18.cern.ch
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 24 Mar 1995 13:14:06 EST."
             <9503241314.ZM1641@fugit.ny.jpmorgan.com> 
Date: 	Fri, 24 Mar 1995 20:18:22 +0900
From: "Phillip M. Hallam-Baker" <hallam@dxal18.cern.ch>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu


>Am I off base on this?


No, I don't think anyone would question the 40bits is not enough. Thats why the 
US government will let people use it...

Its not Netscape who want this `feature'. Its the NSA. If you live in the free 
world then it dosen't apply :-)


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