[47854] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Tighe)
Wed Jan 24 10:15:57 1996
From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
To: jsw@netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 09:09:43 -0600 (CST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: tighe@spectrum.titan.com
In-Reply-To: <3105FBFC.4DC9@netscape.com> from "Jeff Weinstein" at Jan 24, 96 01:29:32 am
Jeff Weinstein writes:
> I can see two practical ways to build a netscape product outside
>the US. The first is to export the source code for the Navigator
>with the crypto code removed. All of the calls to crypto would
>have to be removed as well. I've heard some people claim that the
>government could come after us on the grounds that we were taking
>part in a conspiracy to export strong crypto.
Didn't Netscape already promise to remove the hooks? It seems to me all of
the major software players are already in bed with the government.
