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Re: Crippled Notes export encryption

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Blossom)
Fri Jan 26 19:30:24 1996

Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:23:44 -0800
From: Eric Blossom <eb@comsec.com>
To: tcmay@got.net
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <ad2c8470070210049c6c@[205.199.118.202]> (tcmay@got.net)

Tim May says:
> I have several pieces of evidence which suggest to me that the government
> is leaning on companies in ways which are not always apparent. (I can't
> share all of the evidence I have...I know this is unsatisfying. I'm not
> asking you to "trust me," just noting that this is what I have either heard
> from usually reliable sources or from direct participants.)

I just got back from the AFCEA show.  Lotus was there demonstrating
Lotus Notes V4 DMS (Defense Messaging System).  They've hacked it to
be DMS complaint (I think that that means mostly that they support
X.400 addressing, X.500 directory services and use a Fortezza card to
encrypt and sign)...

There are a lots of folks involved in the DMS game.  Loral is the prime
contractor.  ESL, Lotus and Microsoft are providing UA's (front ends).

Eric

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