[47881] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Loewenstern)
Wed Jan 24 14:51:27 1996
From: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 13:06:23 -0600
To: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
> 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.
Why not just print out all of the source code to Navigator (crypto and all)
in a nice OCR font? Paper is exportable. Then you would 'only' have to scan
it back in and debug it.
andrew
