[47921] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Weinstein)
Wed Jan 24 21:20:57 1996
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 13:18:22 -0800
From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: tighe@spectrum.titan.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Mike Tighe wrote:
>
> 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.
What do you mean by "promise to remove the hooks"?
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
