[47986] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crippled Notes export encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Tighe)
Thu Jan 25 10:35:11 1996
From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
To: jeffb@sware.com (Jeff Barber)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 09:30:41 -0600 (CST)
Cc: tighe@spectrum.titan.com, jsw@netscape.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: tighe@spectrum.titan.com
In-Reply-To: <199601251555.KAA01850@jafar.sware.com> from "Jeff Barber" at Jan 25, 96 10:55:35 am
Jeff Barber writes:
>> 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.
>I think you may be confused. I do recall a report that some NSA folks
>visited NCSA and recommended they remove crypto hooks from the NCSA httpd.
>Is this maybe what you're thinking of?
Yes, I guess that was it. Thanks for the correction. Anyway, moving to the
actual point, it does seem most major software players are agreeing to the
USG demands.
